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View Name: Aretas
ARETAS
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Biblical
Greek form of an Aramaic name, of unknown meaning. This was the name of four Nabataean kings of Petra in Jordan, including the first king (2nd century BC). King Aretas IV is mentioned briefly in the
New Testament
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