Strong G702Ἀρέτας
Aretas
- Transliteration
- Aretas
- Pronunciation
- ar-et'-as
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of foreign origin;
Aretas an Arabian: - Aretas.
Aretas an Arabian: - Aretas.
Meaning of the name
Aretas, "virtuous"
Detailed 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)
In the biblical story
Aretas
King of the Nabataeans in Damascus
Aretas, the king of the Nabataeans, governed Damascus and tried to arrest Paul.
In the Bible
Strong G702 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- aretas1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: