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Strong's Number G703

ἀρέτη
arete · ar-et'-ay
Transliteration:
arete{ar-et'-ay}
Word Origin:
from the same as 730
TDNT:
1:457,77
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Strong's Definition:
properly, manliness (valor), i.e. excellence (intrinsic or attributed)
Usage in the KJV:
virtue 4, praise 1

Total: 5
Occurs 5 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action
    1. virtue, moral goodness
  2. any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament