Post by Jim Pate on Jun 28, 2014 6:16:53 GMT -5
ἀρετή, ῆς, ἡ
areté: moral goodness, i.e. virtue
Original Word: ἀρετή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: areté
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-et'-ay)
Short Definition: virtue, moral excellence, perfection
Definition: goodness, a gracious act, virtue, uprightness.
703 arétē – properly, virtue ("moral excellence") which is displayed to enrich life.
STRONGS NT 703: ἀρετή
ἀρετή, ἀρετῆς, 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 Peter 1:5 (others take it here specifically, viz. moral vigor; cf. next entry).
2. any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity; hence (plural αἱ ἀρεταί, Wis. 8:7; often in 4 Macc. and in the Greek philosophers) τίς ἀρετή, Philippians 4:8. Used of God, it denotes a. his power: 2 Peter 1:3.
b. in the plural his excellences, perfections, 'which shine forth in our gratuitous calling and in the whole work of our salvation' (John Gerhard): 1 Peter 2:9. (In the Sept. for הוד splendor, glory, Habakkuk 3:3, of God; Zechariah 6:13, of the Messiah; in plural for תְּהִלּות praises, of God, Isaiah 43:21; Isaiah 42:12; Isaiah 63:7.)
Philippians 4:8 N-NFS
GRK: εἴ τις ἀρετὴ καὶ εἴ
NAS: there is any excellence and if
KJV: if [there be] any virtue, and
INT: if any excellence and if
1 Peter 2:9 N-AFP
GRK: ὅπως τὰς ἀρετὰς ἐξαγγείλητε τοῦ
NAS: that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called
KJV: ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called
INT: that the virtues you might set forth of the [one]
2 Peter 1:3 N-GFS
GRK: δόξῃ καὶ ἀρετῇ
NAS: us by His own glory and excellence.
KJV: glory and virtue:
INT: glory and excellence
2 Peter 1:5 N-AFS
GRK: ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρετήν ἐν δὲ
NAS: supply moral excellence, and in [your] moral excellence,
KJV: your faith virtue; and to
INT: of you the virtue in moreover
2 Peter 1:5 N-DFS
GRK: δὲ τῇ ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν
NAS: moral excellence, and in [your] moral excellence, knowledge,
KJV: and to virtue knowledge;
INT: moreover the virtue the knowledge
areté: moral goodness, i.e. virtue
Original Word: ἀρετή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: areté
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-et'-ay)
Short Definition: virtue, moral excellence, perfection
Definition: goodness, a gracious act, virtue, uprightness.
703 arétē – properly, virtue ("moral excellence") which is displayed to enrich life.
STRONGS NT 703: ἀρετή
ἀρετή, ἀρετῆς, 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 Peter 1:5 (others take it here specifically, viz. moral vigor; cf. next entry).
2. any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity; hence (plural αἱ ἀρεταί, Wis. 8:7; often in 4 Macc. and in the Greek philosophers) τίς ἀρετή, Philippians 4:8. Used of God, it denotes a. his power: 2 Peter 1:3.
b. in the plural his excellences, perfections, 'which shine forth in our gratuitous calling and in the whole work of our salvation' (John Gerhard): 1 Peter 2:9. (In the Sept. for הוד splendor, glory, Habakkuk 3:3, of God; Zechariah 6:13, of the Messiah; in plural for תְּהִלּות praises, of God, Isaiah 43:21; Isaiah 42:12; Isaiah 63:7.)
Philippians 4:8 N-NFS
GRK: εἴ τις ἀρετὴ καὶ εἴ
NAS: there is any excellence and if
KJV: if [there be] any virtue, and
INT: if any excellence and if
1 Peter 2:9 N-AFP
GRK: ὅπως τὰς ἀρετὰς ἐξαγγείλητε τοῦ
NAS: that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called
KJV: ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called
INT: that the virtues you might set forth of the [one]
2 Peter 1:3 N-GFS
GRK: δόξῃ καὶ ἀρετῇ
NAS: us by His own glory and excellence.
KJV: glory and virtue:
INT: glory and excellence
2 Peter 1:5 N-AFS
GRK: ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρετήν ἐν δὲ
NAS: supply moral excellence, and in [your] moral excellence,
KJV: your faith virtue; and to
INT: of you the virtue in moreover
2 Peter 1:5 N-DFS
GRK: δὲ τῇ ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν
NAS: moral excellence, and in [your] moral excellence, knowledge,
KJV: and to virtue knowledge;
INT: moreover the virtue the knowledge