moral goodness, i.e. virtue Original Word: ἀρέτηTransliteration: areté Phonetic Spelling: (ar-et'-ay) Short Definition: praise
of uncertain origin Definition moral goodness, i.e. virtue NASB Word Usage excellence (2), excellencies (1), moral excellence (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From the same as arrhen; properly, manliness (valor), i.e. Excellence (intrinsic or attributed) -- praise, virtue. see GREEK arrhen ἀρετὰς (aretas) − 1 Occurrence ἀρετήν (aretēn) − 1 Occurrence
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