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G703ἀρέτη arétē — properly, manliness (valor), i.e. excellence
(intrinsic or attributed)H2428חַיִל chayil — probably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesG19ἀγαθωσύνη agathōsýnē — goodness, i.e. virtue or beneficenceG16ἀγαθοποιΐα agathopoiḯa — well-doing, i.e. virtueG865ἀφιλάγαθος aphilágathos — hostile to virtueH6666צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Verses(4)
- Verse2 Peter 1:5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- VerseProverbs 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- VerseColossians 3:14And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
- Verse1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His…
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG703 ἀρέτη · arétē (Greek)properly, manliness (valor), i.e. excellence (intrinsic or attributed)
- WordH2428 חַיִל · chayil (Hebrew)probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources
- WordG19 ἀγαθωσύνη · agathōsýnē (Greek)goodness, i.e. virtue or beneficence
- WordG16 ἀγαθοποιΐα · agathopoiḯa (Greek)well-doing, i.e. virtue
- WordG865 ἀφιλάγαθος · aphilágathos (Greek)hostile to virtue
Themes(3)
- ThemeJusticeScripture's justice vocabulary runs on two paired Hebrew terms: *mishpat* (H4941), the right verdict rendered at the city gate — a legal, courtroom word — and *tsedaqah*…
- ThemeWisdomWisdom in Scripture (Hebrew *hokmah*, H2451) is skilled living before God, not accumulated information. Its first appearances are not proverbs but craftsmen: the wise-hearted…
- ThemeHope**Biblical hope is not optimism.** It is confident expectation anchored in God's character and God's word, held by people who often cannot see the outcome and sometimes cannot…
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Authors(2)
- AuthorPrudentiusAurelius Prudentius Clemens was born in 348 in Roman Spain, probably at Calahorra or Saragossa. He tells his own story in a short preface written when he was fifty-seven, and…
- AuthorMartin of BragaMartin was born around 515 or 520 in Pannonia, the Roman province along the middle Danube — roughly modern Hungary. He travelled east as a young man, spent time in Palestine…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceSirach 38:5Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 19:20The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 13:4But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 4:1Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 6:31And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble courage, and a memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all his nation.