2001 Translation

AGATHON, agathon

Sounds Like: ah-gah-THON

Translations: good, a good thing, benefit, advantage, what is good

From the root: ἈΓΑΘΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun

Explanation: This word describes something that is good, beneficial, or morally upright. As an adjective, it modifies a noun, indicating its positive quality. As a neuter noun, it often refers to 'a good thing' or 'what is good' in a general sense, encompassing both moral excellence and practical benefit. It is frequently used to describe actions, outcomes, or qualities that are desirable or virtuous.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G0018 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 5:6, 99:1, 104:1

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 21:7

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:24, 10:3, 10:24, 11:16, 11:23

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 2:7, 21:6, 22:4, 33:1, 34:4

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:14, 0:20, 1:37, 11:199, 20:326
• Book 2 — 3:25, 4:56, 12:267
• Book 6 — 7:153, 14:341
• Book 7 — 11:284, 14:362, 14:369
• Book 12 — 6:187
• Book 14 — 8:152, 8:155
• Book 17 — 2:30
• Book 18 — 5:117
• Book 19 — 1:127, 2:171, 4:261

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 21:7
• Book Two — 14:34, 20:27
• Book Five — 1:2
• Book Six — 5:21

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 4:1, 10:1, 43:1, 44:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:8, 0:12
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:2, 1:5, 2:4, 23:2, 38:3, 43:6, 66:3, 101:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 13:1, 17:2

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 4:17, 13:3, 13:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Numbers — 14:23, 32:11
• Deuteronomy — 1:39, 3:25, 28:12, 30:15
• Judges — 9:2, 10:15, 18:19, 19:24
• Ruth — 2:22, 3:13
• 1 Samuel — 1:23, 2:26, 3:18, 9:10, 11:10, 14:36, 14:40, 16:16, 16:23, 20:12, 24:5, 26:16, 27:1
• 2 Samuel — 2:6, 10:12, 14:17, 14:32, 15:26, 18:3, 19:27, 19:37, 19:38, 24:22
• 1 Kings — 2:38, 20:2
• 2 Kings — 3:19, 3:25, 10:3, 10:5, 20:3, 20:13
• 1 Chronicles — 13:2, 16:34, 19:13, 21:23
• 2 Chronicles — 5:13, 7:3, 10:7
• Ezra (Beta) — 3:11, 5:17, 8:22, 9:12
• Nehemiah — 2:5, 2:7, 2:10, 2:18, 5:19, 9:20
• Judith — 3:4, 4:15, 8:29
• Tobit — 4:9, 4:11, 12:6, 12:7, 12:7, 12:8, 12:8
• 2 Maccabees — 11:6, 15:12, 15:23
• 4 Maccabees — 4:1
• Psalms — 33:15, 36:27, 44:2, 52:2, 52:4, 53:8, 72:28, 85:17, 91:2, 117:8, 117:9, 118:71, 118:72, 146:1
• Proverbs — 4:2, 11:17, 13:13, 24:13
• Ecclesiastes — 2:3, 2:24, 3:12, 3:13, 3:22, 4:6, 5:4, 5:17, 6:3, 6:9, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:6, 7:9, 7:19, 7:21, 8:12, 8:13, 8:15, 11:7, 12:14
• Job — 7:7, 21:25
• Sirach — 7:13, 7:21, 18:8, 18:17, 36:14, 37:18, 41:11, 41:13, 51:18, 51:21
• Isaiah — 7:15, 7:16
• Jeremiah — 10:5, 39:39, 49:6
• Lamentations — 3:25, 3:27, 3:38, 4:1
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:33
• Zechariah — 9:17
• Enoch — 5:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 2 — 1:4
• Mandate 4 — 2:2
• Mandate 6 — 2:7
• Mandate 7 — 1:4
• Mandate 8 — 1:2, 1:12

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 2 — 1:10
• Parable 5 — 3:3
• Parable 6 — 5:7
• Parable 9 — 20:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 13:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 7:17, 7:18, 19:16
• Mark — 3:4, 10:18
• Luke — 6:45, 18:19
• John — 1:47
• Romans — 2:10, 7:13, 7:18, 7:19, 8:28, 9:11, 12:2, 13:3, 13:4, 14:16, 15:2, 16:19
• 2 Corinthians — 5:10, 9:8
• Galatians — 6:10
• Ephesians — 4:28, 6:8
• Philippians — 1:6
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:15
• 2 Timothy — 2:21, 3:17
• Titus — 1:16, 3:1
• Philemon — 1:14
• 1 Peter — 3:11
• 3 John — 1:11

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 5:2

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
• ἈΓΑΘΗΣ — good, (of) good, (of) a good
• 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
• 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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