Strong's #703: arete (pronounced ar-et'-ay)

from the same as 730; properly, manliness (valor), i.e. excellence (intrinsic or attributed):--praise, virtue.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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aretē

1) a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action

1a) virtue, moral goodness

2) any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from the same as G730

Citing in TDNT: 1:457, 77

Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

 

Philippians 4:8: "whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on"
1 Peter 2:9: "people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you"
2 Peter 1:3: "to glory and virtue:"
2 Peter 1:5: "add to your faith virtue; and to virtue"
2 Peter 1:5: "faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;"