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G702 Ἀρέτας (Arétas)
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Ἀρέτας, α, ὁ n.m. Aretas

Strong's Definition

of foreign origin; Aretas, an Arabian

KJV Usage: Aretas

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, m. | -α

93.36 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Aretas a king of Nabatean Arabia

2CO 11:32

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Ἁρέτας Haretas 1x

Aretas, pr. name, 2 Cor. 11:32*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἀρέτας (WH, Ἀρ.; Intr., 313), -α, ὁ, Aretas, an Arabian king: II Co 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").†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Ἀρέτας (Aretas) — Aretas. 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").† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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