ἈΡΕΤΑΙ, ἀρεται
ARETAI, aretai
Sounds Like: ah-reh-TAI
Translations: virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
From the root: ἈΡΕΤΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the plural form of 'ἈΡΕΤΗ', meaning 'virtue' or 'excellence'. In Koine Greek, it refers to moral excellence, goodness, or any quality that makes a person or thing outstanding. It can also refer to acts of virtue or praiseworthy deeds. It is used to describe the inherent good qualities or the active demonstration of those qualities.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G703 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Pseudo-Baruch
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 8:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΕΤΗ.
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.
- ἈΡΕΤΑΝ — Aretas
- ἈΡΕΤΗ — virtue, excellence, praise, a virtue, an excellence
- ἈΡΕΤΩΝ — (of) virtue, (of) excellence, (of) moral goodness, (of) valor
- ΤΟΥΣἈΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of goodness
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