ἈΡΕΤΑ, ἀρετα
ARETA, areta
Sounds Like: ah-reh-TEH
Translations: virtue, excellence, moral goodness, a virtue, an excellence
From the root: ΑΡΕΤΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to moral excellence, virtue, or goodness. It can also denote any kind of excellence or superiority, whether moral, physical, or intellectual. It is used to describe a quality of high moral standing or a specific act of virtue. In a sentence, it would describe a characteristic or action that is commendable and morally upright.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0703 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΕΤΗ.
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.
- ἈΡΕΤΑΙΣ — (to) virtues, (by) virtues, (with) virtues, (to) excellencies, (by) excellencies, (with) excellencies, (to) merits, (by) merits, (with) merits
- ἈΡΕΤΑΣ — virtues, excellences, good qualities
- ἈΡΕΤΗΝ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, goodness, a virtue, an excellence
- ἈΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral goodness, of valor
- ΑΡΕΤΑ — virtues, excellences, moral goodnesses
- ΑΡΕΤΑΙ — virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
- ΑΡΕΤΑΣ — virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
- ΑΡΕΤΗ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, a virtue, an excellence
- ΑΡΕΤΗΝ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, a virtue, an excellence, a moral excellence
- ΑΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral goodness, of valor
- ΑΡΕΤΩΝ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral excellence, of goodness
- ΑΡΕΤ‾Η‾ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, goodness, a virtue, an excellence
- ἘΝΑΡΕΤΩΣ — virtuously, excellently, uprightly
- ΤΗΝἈΡΕΤΗΝ — the virtue, the excellence, a virtue, an excellence
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