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Koine Greek wordlink #149080

SR GNT 1 Pet 2:9 ἀρετάς (aretas) ‘his procuring so_that the virtues you_all may proclaim_out of the one out_of’ Strongs=7030 Lemma=aretē
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἀρετάς (N-AFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρετάς’ (N-AFP) is always and only glossed as ‘virtues’.

1 Pet 2:9 ‘his procuring so_that the virtues you_all may proclaim_out of the one out_of’ SR GNT 1 Pet 2:9 word 14

OET-LV: 9 But you _all are a_ chosen _race: a_royal priesthood, a_ holy _nation, a_people for ^his_procuring, so _that the virtues you _all _may _proclaim _out, of _the one having _called you _all out _of darkness, to the marvellous light of _him, (PE1_2:9)

OET-RV: 9 But you believers are a chosen tribe, a group of royal priests, a holy nation, a people group that God has procured, so that you can tell others about the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness and into his marvellous light. (PE1 2:9)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘aretē’ have 2 different glosses: ‘virtue’, ‘virtues’.

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural