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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἀρέτη
ἀρέτη
G703
Transliteration: arétē
Pronunciation: ar-et'-ay
Definition: praise
- Original: ἀρέτη - Transliteration: Arete - Phonetic: ar-et'-ay
- Definition:
1. a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action
a. virtue, moral goodness
2. any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity
- Origin: from the same as G730" class="dictionary-topic-link">G730 - TDNT entry: 08:37,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From the same as G730" class="dictionary-topic-link">G730; properly manliness (valor) that is excellence (intrinsic or attributed): - praise virtue.