ἈΡΕΤΑΝ, ἀρεταν
ARETAN, aretan
Sounds Like: ah-REH-tahn
Translations: Aretas
From the root: ἈΡΕΤΗ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to Aretas, a common name for Nabataean kings. In the provided context, it specifically refers to a king of the Arabs or Arabia. It is a proper noun, used to identify a specific individual.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G703 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 16:414
- Book 14 — 1:14, 1:15, 1:17, 2:32, 2:33, 5:81
- Book 16 — 9:295
- Book 18 — 5:120, 5:125
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 5:8
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.
- ἈΡΕΤΑΙ — virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
- 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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