Strong’s G703 · Greek

ἀρέτη
arétē

Definition

properly, manliness (valor), i.e. excellence (intrinsic or attributed)

Etymology

from the same as G730 (ἄῤῥην);

Where the KJV renders it

  • praise
  • virtue

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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