ἈΡΙΣΤΟΥΣ, ἀριστους
ARISTOUS, aristous
Sounds Like: ah-RIS-toos
Translations: best, most excellent, noblest
From the root: ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of 'ἀγαθός' (agathos), meaning 'good'. It describes something or someone as being of the highest quality, most excellent, or noblest. It is used to refer to individuals or things that stand out as superior in some way. In the provided examples, it refers to 'the best' or 'most excellent' men.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0705 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 7:30
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:39
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 62:321
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΙ — best, excellent, most excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΙΣ — to the best, to the most excellent, to the noblest, to the bravest
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΣ — best, excellent, most excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗ — best, most excellent, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΝ — best, excellent, most excellent, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΣ — best, most excellent, noblest, bravest
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΙ — best, excellent, noble, the best, the excellent ones
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΝ — breakfast, dinner, a breakfast, a dinner, best, excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ — best, excellent, noble, good, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΥ — of breakfast, of lunch, of the best, of the noblest, of the most excellent, best, noblest, most excellent
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