Strongs Number: G703
- Greek Word
- ἀρέτη
- Transliteration
- aretē
- Phonetic
- ar-et'-ay
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
properly manliness (valor) that is excellence (intrinsic or attributed)
- Thayers 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
- Bible Usage
- praise virtue.