Aretas Ἀρέτας
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| Ἀρέτας | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | Aretas |
| Strong's number | G702 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Aretas |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Aretas (Greek Ἀρέτας, Strong's G702) is a name of a man in the New Testament, glossed “Aretas”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
Ἀρέτας (WH, Ἀρ.; Intr., 313), -α, ὁ,
Aretas, an Arabian king: 2Co.11:32 (Deiss., BS, 183 f., thinks the proper spelling Ἀρέθας was changed, as Schürer suggests, "by desire to Hellenise a barbaric name by assimilation to ἀρετή").†
(AS)
Aretas, an Arabian king: 2Co.11:32 (Deiss., BS, 183 f., thinks the proper spelling Ἀρέθας was changed, as Schürer suggests, "by desire to Hellenise a barbaric name by assimilation to ἀρετή").†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | aretas (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | aretas (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Aretas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).