Aretas
ἈρέταςStrong’s G0702Aretas
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Aretas is the Greek word usually translated “under aretas”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:”
Meaning
Usually translated “under aretas”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- under aretas 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
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").† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.