Ἀριστόβουλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀριστόβουλος (aristóboulos, “best in counsel”) from ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) and βουλή (boulḗ, “counsel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ris.tó.buː.los/ → /a.risˈto.βu.los/ → /a.risˈto.vu.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ris.tó.buː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.risˈto.bu.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.risˈto.βu.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.risˈto.vu.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.risˈto.vu.los/

Proper noun

Ἀριστόβουλος • (Aristóboulos) m (genitive Ἀριστοβούλου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Aristobulus
2. in particular, the eldest son of John Hyrcanus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀριστόβουλος; τοῦ Ἀριστοβούλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀριστόβουλος ho Aristóboulos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀριστοβούλου toû Aristoboúlou
Dative	τῷ Ἀριστοβούλῳ tôi Aristoboúlōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀριστόβουλον tòn Aristóboulon
Vocative	Ἀριστόβουλε Aristóboule
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αριστόβουλος (Aristóvoulos)
• → Latin: Aristobulus

Further reading

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Ἀριστόβουλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Ἀριστόβουλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G711 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN