ἈΓΑΘΗΣ, ἀγαθης
AGATHĒS, agathēs
Sounds Like: ah-ga-THAYS
Translations: good, (of) good, (of) a good
From the root: ἈΓΑΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as good, beneficial, or virtuous. It can refer to moral goodness, practical usefulness, or general excellence. As an adjective, it modifies nouns, indicating a quality of the noun. In the genitive case, as seen in "ἈΓΑΘΗΣ", it often indicates possession or a quality belonging to something, translating as "of good" or "of a good thing/person."
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0018 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 21:2
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:4
Clement of Rome
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 18:259
- Book 2 — 9:213, 12:265
- Book 3 — 13:296
- Book 5 — 1:76
- Book 6 — 13:296
- Book 7 — 1:44
- Book 8 — 8:214, 11:271
- Book 11 — 5:121
- Book 14 — 6:96
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 3:16
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 13:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 20:12
- Deuteronomy — 8:10, 11:17
- Joshua — 23:13, 23:15
- Tobit — 5:14, 5:14, 14:4, 14:4
- 2 Maccabees — 7:20
- Psalms of Solomon — 3:2
- Proverbs — 9:10, 13:15, 16:7
- Wisdom — 8:19
- Sirach — 7:19, 14:14, 26:1, 26:16, 41:13
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΓΑΘΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΓΑΘΑ — good things, goods, benefits, blessings, advantages
- ἈΓΑΘΑΙΣ — good, useful, noble, virtuous, excellent, beneficial
- ἈΓΑΘΑΣ — good, excellent, useful, beneficial
- ἈΓΑΘΕ — good, a good one, O good one
- ἈΓΑΘΗ — good, a good thing, virtuous, useful, excellent
- ἈΓΑΘΟΙ — good, useful, beneficial, excellent, a good one
- ἈΓΑΘΟΙΔΕ — good, noble, useful, and good, but good
- ἈΓΑΘΟΙΣ — (to) good, (for) good, (with) good, (by) good, (to) beneficial, (for) beneficial, (with) beneficial, (by) beneficial, (to) virtuous, (for) virtuous, (with) virtuous, (by) virtuous
- ἈΓΑΘΟΝ — good, a good thing, benefit, advantage, what is good
- ἈΓΑΘΟΣ — good, a good thing, good, useful, beneficial, upright, virtuous, kind
- ἈΓΑΘΟΥ — of good, of a good thing, of a good person
- ἈΓΑΘΟΥΣ — good, good ones, good things
- ἈΓΑΘΩ — good, a good thing, a good person, good things, of good things, to good things
- ἈΓΑΘΩΝ — of good, of good things, of good people, of benefits
- ἈΓΑΘΩΤΑΤΟΝ — best, most good, most beneficial, the best, a best
- ἈΓΑΘΩΤΕΡΑ — better, more good, a better, a more good
- ἈΓΑΘΩΤΕΡΟΣ — better, more good
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