- Original: ἀρέτη - Transliteration: Arete - Phonetic: ar-et'-ay - Definition: 1. a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action a. virtue, moral goodness 2. any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity - Origin: from the same as G730 - TDNT entry: 08:37,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From the same as G730 ; properly manliness (valor) that is excellence (intrinsic or attributed): - praise virtue. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • praises, 1 1 Peter 2:9 • virtue, 4 Philippians 4:8; 2 Peter 1:3; 2 Peter 1:5(2)