Lexicon :: Strong's G703 - aretē
ἀρετή
Transliteration
aretē
(Key)
Pronunciation
ar-et'-ay
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 1:457,77
KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G703 in the following manner: virtue (4x), praise (1x).
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a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action
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virtue, moral goodness
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any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρέτη arétē, ar-et'-ay; from the same as G730; properly, manliness (valor), i.e. excellence
(intrinsic or attributed):—praise, virtue.
STRONGS G703:
ἀρετή, -ῆς, ἡ, [see ἄρα at the beginning], a word of very wide signification in Greek writings; any excellence of a person (in body or mind) or of a thing, an eminent endowment, property or quality. Used of the human mind and in an ethical sense, it denotes:1. a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action; virtue, moral goodness (Wis. 4:1; Wis. 5:13; often in 4 Macc. and in Greek writings):
2. any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity; hence (plural αἱ ἀρεταί, Wis. 8:7; often in 4 Macc. and in the Greek philosophers) τὶς ἀρετή,
a. his power:
b. in the plural his excellences, perfections, 'which shine forth in our gratuitous calling and in the whole work of our salvation' (John Gerhard):
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Isaiah
- 42:12; 43:21; 63:7
- Habakkuk
- 3:3
- Zechariah
- 6:13
- Philippians
- 4:8
- 1 Peter
- 2:9
- 2 Peter
- 1:3; 1:5
