Strong's Greek #703 - ἀρετή, ῆς, ἡ areté (moral goodness)

praise, virtue.

From the same as arrhen; properly, manliness (valor), i.e. Excellence (intrinsic or attributed) -- praise, virtue.

see GREEK arrhen

Strong's 703: ἀρετή

ἀρετή, ἀρετῆς, ἡ (see ἄρα at the beginning), a word of very wide signification in Greek writings; any excellence of a person (in body or mind) or of a thing, an eminent endowment, property or quality. Used of the human mind and in an ethical sense, it denotes:

1. a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action; virtue, moral goodness (Wis. 4:1 Wis. 5:13; often in 4 Macc. and in Greek writings): 2 Peter 1:5 (others take it here specifically, viz. moral vigor; cf. next entry).

2. any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity; hence (plural αἱ ἀρεταί, Wis. 8:7; often in 4 Macc. and in the Greek philosophers) τίς ἀρετή, Philippians 4:8. Used of God, it denotes a. his power: 2 Peter 1:3.

b. in the plural his excellences, perfections, 'which shine forth in our gratuitous calling and in the whole work of our salvation' (John Gerhard): 1 Peter 2:9. (In the Sept. for הוד splendor, glory, Habakkuk 3:3, of God; Zechariah 6:13, of the Messiah; in plural for תְּהִלּות praises, of God, Isaiah 43:21; Isaiah 42:12; Isaiah 63:7.)

Strong's Greek: 703. ἀρέτη (areté) — 5 Occurrences

Philippians 4:8 - N-NFS
GRK: εἴ τις ἀρετὴ καὶ εἴ
NAS: there is any excellence and if
KJV: if [there be] any virtue, and
INT: if any excellence and if

1 Peter 2:9 - N-AFP
GRK: ὅπως τὰς ἀρετὰς ἐξαγγείλητε τοῦ
NAS: that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called
KJV: ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called
INT: that the virtues you might set forth of the [one]

2 Peter 1:3 - N-GFS
GRK: δόξῃ καὶ ἀρετῇ
NAS: us by His own glory and excellence.
KJV: glory and virtue:
INT: glory and excellence

2 Peter 1:5 - N-AFS
GRK: ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρετήν ἐν δὲ
NAS: supply moral excellence, and in [your] moral excellence,
KJV: your faith virtue; and to
INT: of you the virtue in moreover

2 Peter 1:5 - N-DFS
GRK: δὲ τῇ ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν
NAS: moral excellence, and in [your] moral excellence, knowledge,
KJV: and to virtue knowledge;
INT: moreover the virtue the knowledge