ἈΡΙΣΤΩΝ, ἀριστων
ARISTŌN, aristōn
Sounds Like: ah-RIS-ton
Translations: best, excellent, noblest, bravest, a best one, an excellent one
From the root: ΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as being the best, most excellent, or noblest in quality or character. It can be used as an adjective to modify a noun, or as a noun itself to refer to 'the best one' or 'an excellent person'. In the provided examples, it appears to be used as an adjective, likely modifying 'young men' (νεανισκων) to mean 'the best young men' or 'excellent young men'.
Inflection: Masculine, Genitive, Plural
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 9:11
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 13:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑ — best, excellently, very well, most excellently
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΙΣ — (to) best, (to) excellent, (to) noblest, (to) most virtuous
- ΑΡΙΣΤΗΝ — best, most excellent, most noble, a best, an excellent, a most noble
- ΑΡΙΣΤΟ — best, excellent, most excellent, noble, most noble, good, most good
- ΑΡΙΣΤΟΝ — best, the best, excellent, noble, good, a good thing, a good meal, breakfast, dinner
- ΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ — best, excellent, most excellent, noble, a best, an excellent
- ΑΡΙΣΤΟΥ — (of) best, (of) excellent, (of) noble, (of) virtuous
- ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝ — best, most excellent, noblest, bravest
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