ΒΕΛΤΙΣΤΑ, βελτιστα
BELTISTA, beltista
Sounds Like: BEL-tis-tah
Translations: best, the best, most excellent, most virtuous, very well, excellently
From the root: ΑΓΑΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of 'good' (ἀγαθός), meaning 'best' or 'most excellent'. It can function as an adjective, describing something as the best, or as an adverb, meaning 'very well' or 'excellently'. In the provided examples, 'τα βέλτιστα' (ta beltista) refers to 'the best things' or 'the most excellent things'.
Inflection: Superlative, Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative; or Adverb
Strong’s number: G0945 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 15:436
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 22:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΓΑΘΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΓΑΘΑΙ — good, beneficial, virtuous, excellent, good things
- ἈΓΑΘΗΝ — good, a good, noble, useful, able, virtuous, kind, excellent
- ἈΓΑΘΩΣ — well, rightly, properly, kindly
- ἈΓΑΘΩΤΑΤΗΣ — of the best, of the most good, of the most excellent, of the most beneficial
- ἈΓΑΘΩΤΕΡΟΝ — better, more good, a better thing
- ἈΜΕΙΝΟΥΣ — better, more excellent, superior
- ἈΜΕΙΝΩ — better, more excellent, more profitable
- ἈΜΕΙΝΩΝ — better, more excellent, superior
- ΑΓΑΘΑ — good, good things, benefits, blessings, advantages
- ΑΓΑΘΑΙ — good, a good, good things, good women, good qualities
- ΑΓΑΘΑΣ — good, useful, beneficial, virtuous, noble
- ΑΓΑΘΕ — good, a good, noble, virtuous, excellent, useful, beneficial
- ΑΓΑΘΗ — good, a good, good (feminine)
- ΑΓΑΘΗΝ — good, a good, noble, useful, virtuous, excellent, upright
- ΑΓΑΘΗΣ — of good, of a good, of noble, of a noble, of virtuous, of a virtuous, of excellent, of an excellent
- ΑΓΑΘΟ — good, a good thing, good things
- ΑΓΑΘΟΙ — good, good ones, the good
- ΑΓΑΘΟΙΣ — good, useful, beneficial, virtuous, excellent, noble, kind, upright
- ΑΓΑΘΟΣ — good, a good thing, goodly, virtuous, beneficial, useful, excellent
- ΑΓΑΘΟΤΗΤΑ — goodness, kindness, a goodness, a kindness
- ΑΓΑΘΟΥ — of good, of a good, of the good, of a good thing, of good things
- ΑΓΑΘΟΥΣ — good, useful, able, virtuous, righteous, noble
- ΑΓΑΘΩ — good, useful, excellent, noble, upright, kind, beneficial, (to) good, (to) useful, (to) excellent, (to) noble, (to) upright, (to) kind, (to) beneficial
- ΑΓΑΘΩΝ — good, of good things, of good men, of good deeds, good things, good men, good deeds
- ΑΓΑΘΩΣΑΙ — to do good, to make good, to benefit, to improve
- ΑΓΑΘΩΣΕ — he made good, he did good, he benefited, he improved
- ΑΓΑΘΩΤΑΤΗΣ — (of) the best, (of) the most good, (of) the most excellent
- ΑΓΑΘ‾Η‾ — good, a good, useful, excellent, noble
- ΑΓΘΟΠΟΔΙ — good, useful, beneficial, excellent, upright
- ΑΜΕΙΝΟΝ — better, best, more excellent, more profitable
- ΑΜΕΙΝΟΥΣ — better, more excellent, superior
- ΑΜΕΙΝΩ — better, more excellent, more profitable, more advantageous
- ΑΜΕΙΝΩΝ — better, more excellent, more profitable, more useful, superior
- ΑΡΙΣΤΑ — best, excellently, very well, most excellently
- ΑΥΑΘ — good, useful, beneficial, excellent, upright, virtuous
- ΒΕΛΤΕΙΟΥΣ — better, more excellent, superior
- ΒΕΛΤΕΙΩΝ — better, more excellent, more useful, superior
- ΒΕΛΤΙΟ — better, more excellent, more profitable, superior
- ΒΕΛΤΙΟΣ — better, more excellent, superior
- ΒΕΛΤΙΟΣΙΝ — to better, for better, to more excellent, for more excellent
- ΒΕΛΤΙΣΤΗ — best, the best, a best
- ΒΕΛΤΙΣΤΟΝ — best, the best, a best
- ΒΕΛΤΙΩ — better, best, superior
- ΒΕΛΤΙΩΝ — better, superior, more excellent, a better
- ΓΑΡΑΓΑΘΑ — unknown
- ΕΣΤΑΓΑΘΟΝ — good, a good thing, a good deed, good, beneficial, virtuous, excellent
- ΤἈΓΑΘΑ — the good things, good things, the good
- ΤἈΓΑΘΟΝ — the good, a good thing, the good thing, good
- ΤἈΓΑΘΟΥ — of the good, of good, of the good thing
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