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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Virtue
Thompson Chain Reference
• Virtues
• Virtue, Healing
The Topic Concordance
• Virtue
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Virtues, Theological
• Virtues, the Cardinal
• Theological Virtues
•   (only first 3 shown)
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Virtue
• Cardinal Virtues
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Faith: the Summary of Virtue
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Virtue
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Virtue (2)
• Virtue
King James Dictionary
• Virtue
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Virtues, Cardinal
• Virtue, Infused
• Virtue, Heroic
•   (only first 3 shown)
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Virtue
Whyte's Bible Characters
• David - in His Virtues
Webster Dictionary
• Virtu
• Virtue
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Cardinal Virtues
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Virtue
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Seven Chief Virtues
• Virtue
• Virtues and Vices
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Cardinal Virtues
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Cardinal Virtues
• Heroic Virtue
• Love (Theological Virtue)
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Cardinal Virtues
• Virtue, Original
Lexicons
• ܚܰܝܠܳܐ
• ܡܝܰܬ݁ܪܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ἀρετή
• δύναμις

properly denotes whatever procures preeminent estimation for a person or thing; hence, "intrinsic eminence, moral goodness, virtue," (a) of God, 1 Peter 2:9 , "excellencies" (AV, "praises"); here the original and general sense seems to be blended with the impression made on others, i.e., renown, excellence or praise (Hort); in 2 Peter 1:3 , "(by His own glory and) virtue," RV (instrumental dative), i.e., the manifestation of His Divine power; this significance is frequently illustrated in the papyri and was evidently common in current Greek speech; (b) of any particular moral excellence, Philippians 4:8; 2 Peter 1:5 (twice), where virtue is enjoined as an essential quality in the excercise of faith, RV, "(in your faith supply) virtue."