Greek Dictionary (Lexicon-Concordance)Key Word Studies (Translations-Definitions-Meanings)» G0702 «#0702 Ἁρέτας Aretas {ar-et'-as} of foreign origin; TDNT - n/a; n pr m —Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)Aretes = "graver" 1) An Arabian king He made war in 36 A.D. on his son-in-law Herod Antipas for having divorced his daughter; and with such success as completely to destroy his army. In consequence of this, Vitellius, governor of Syria, being order by Tiberius to march an army against Aretes, prepared for war. But Tiberius meantime having died, (Mar. 16, 37), he recalled his troops from march, dismissed them to winter quarters, and departed for Rome. After his departure Aretas held sway over the region of Damascus (how acquired we do not know), and placed an ethnarch over the city, who tried to capture Paul. —Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
Of foreign origin; Aretas, an Arabian:—Aretas.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek DictionariesCopyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation — All rights reserved — http://www.lockman.orgAV - Aretas 1; 1
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