2001 Translation

AGATHŌN, agathōn

Sounds Like: ah-ga-THON

Translations: of good, of good things, of good people, of benefits

From the root: ἈΓΑΘΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun

Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective 'ἈΓΑΘΟΣ', meaning 'good'. When used in the plural and genitive case, it often refers to 'good things', 'benefits', or 'good people'. It describes the quality of something or someone being inherently good, beneficial, or virtuous. For example, it can be used to speak of the source or possession of good things.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine, Neuter

Strong’s number: G0018 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 20:5

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:185, 1:197, 1:205, 1:207, 1:231, 1:308

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 20:2

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:23, 9:6, 9:27, 10:1, 10:16, 10:61, 12:15, 12:22

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 17:166, 35:249, 39:277
• Book Two — 17:166, 35:249, 39:277

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 3:98, 13:236, 18:272, 18:273, 19:281, 19:284, 19:295, 20:332
• Book 2 — 2:8, 3:27, 3:28, 4:48, 5:72, 5:80, 5:88, 6:161, 6:165, 7:173, 7:174, 8:194, 10:240, 12:269
• Book 3 — 2:55, 2:56, 5:77, 14:304, 14:308, 15:314
• Book 4 — 3:42, 5:99, 6:114, 6:116, 6:134, 7:164, 8:178, 8:179, 8:180, 8:182, 8:192, 8:199, 8:235, 8:237, 8:244
• Book 5 — 1:36, 1:95, 8:239, 9:321, 9:325
• Book 6 — 2:19, 3:33, 13:290, 14:342
• Book 7 — 1:34, 4:83, 10:249, 11:275, 12:300, 14:360
• Book 8 — 1:1, 4:117, 6:171, 7:199
• Book 9 — 4:86, 10:205, 10:223
• Book 10 — 2:27, 4:60, 11:268
• Book 11 — 4:107, 6:274, 6:277
• Book 12 — 2:102, 2:108, 10:400
• Book 13 — 5:173, 7:115, 12:322, 13:353
• Book 16 — 2:38, 7:210
• Book 17 — 5:88
• Book 18 — 1:12, 6:221, 9:340
• Book 19 — 1:22, 2:170, 8:346

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:8, 20:13, 32:12, 33:13, 34:7
• Book Two — 8:47
• Book Three — 5:32
• Book Four — 10:31
• Book Six — 1:47, 2:42, 5:25, 6:21
• Book Seven — 4:15

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 6:1, 12:1, 45:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:12
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 44:4

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 11:58

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 15:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 24:10, 45:18, 45:23
• Deuteronomy — 6:11
• 1 Samuel — 15:9, 25:21
• Nehemiah — 9:25
• 1 Maccabees — 14:9, 16:17
• 2 Maccabees — 11:19
• Psalms — 37:21, 38:3, 106:9, 108:5
• Odes — 11:53
• Proverbs — 8:21, 12:14, 14:19, 16:20, 17:1, 17:13
• Job — 22:18
• Wisdom — 2:6, 3:15, 8:9, 12:21, 13:1, 14:25, 18:9
• Sirach — 11:19, 11:25, 14:25, 16:29, 35:13
• Jeremiah — 18:10, 18:20, 38:14, 40:9
• Enoch — 20:5

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 8 — 1:8

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 1:8
• Vision 3 — 9:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 1:53
• Acts — 9:36
• 1 Timothy — 2:10
• Hebrews — 9:11, 10:1
• James — 3:17

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
• 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
• 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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