ἈΡΙΣΤΟΝ, ἀριστον
ARISTON, ariston
Sounds Like: ah-RIS-ton
Translations: breakfast, dinner, a breakfast, a dinner, best, excellent
From the root: ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word can function as a noun meaning 'breakfast' or 'dinner', referring to the first or main meal of the day. It can also be an adjective meaning 'best' or 'most excellent'. As a noun, it is often used in the neuter form to refer to 'the best thing' or 'the meal'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0712 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:288
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:19
- Book 2 — 1:2, 5:89, 12:265
- Book 5 — 4:190, 9:325
- Book 6 — 5:80
- Book 7 — 7:143
- Book 8 — 10:243, 13:343, 13:356
- Book 11 — 6:279
- Book 13 — 6:215, 10:299
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 2:46
- Tobit — 2:1, 2:1, 2:4, 12:13, 12:13
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 14:34, 14:37
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 14:34, 14:37
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΙ — best, excellent, most excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΙΣ — to the best, to the most excellent, to the noblest, to the bravest
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΣ — best, excellent, most excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗ — best, most excellent, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΝ — best, excellent, most excellent, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΣ — best, most excellent, noblest, bravest
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΙ — best, excellent, noble, the best, the excellent ones
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ — best, excellent, noble, good, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΥ — of breakfast, of lunch, of the best, of the noblest, of the most excellent, best, noblest, most excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΥΣ — best, most excellent, noblest
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