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Lexicon :: Strong's G2570 - kalos

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καλός
Transliteration
kalos (Key)
Pronunciation
kal-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:536,402

Trench's Synonyms: cvi. ἀστεῖος, ὡραῖος, καλός.

Strong’s Definitions

καλός kalós, kal-os'; of uncertain affinity; properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from G18, which is properly intrinsic):—X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x

The KJV translates Strong's G2570 in the following manner: good (83x), better (7x), honest (5x), meet (2x), goodly (2x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x
The KJV translates Strong's G2570 in the following manner: good (83x), better (7x), honest (5x), meet (2x), goodly (2x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable

    1. beautiful to look at, shapely, magnificent

    2. good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends

      1. genuine, approved

      2. precious

      3. joined to names of men designated by their office, competent, able, such as one ought to be

      4. praiseworthy, noble

    3. beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life, and hence praiseworthy

      1. morally good, noble

    4. honourable, conferring honour

    5. affecting the mind agreeably, comforting and confirming

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καλός kalós, kal-os'; of uncertain affinity; properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from G18, which is properly intrinsic):—X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
STRONGS G2570:
καλός, καλή, καλόν (probably primarily 'sound,' 'hale,' 'whole;' cf. Vanicek, p. 140f; Curtius, § 31), the Sept. for יָפֶה beautiful, but much more often for טוב good; beautiful, applied by the Greeks to everything so distinguished in form, excellence, goodness, usefulness, as to be pleasing; hence (according to the context) equivalent to "beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable";
a. beautiful to look at, shapely, magnificent: λίθοις καλοῖς κεκόσμηται (A. V. goodly), Luke 21:5.
b. good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends: joined to the names of material objects, universally, 1 Timothy 4:4 (equivalent to pure); especially of things so constituted as to answer the purpose for which that class of things was created; good of its kind: τά καλά, of fish, opposed to such as are thrown away (τά σαπρά), Matthew 13:48; σπέρμα, Matthew 13:24, 21, 37f; καρπός, Matthew 3:10; Matthew 7:17-19; Matthew 12:33; Luke 3:9 (L WH brackets καλόν); Luke 6:43; δένδρον, opposed to σαπρόν, Matthew 12:33; Luke 6:43; γῆ, Matthew 13:8, 23; Mark 4:8, 20; Luke 8:15; καλόν τό ἅλας (is an excellent thing), Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34; so too νόμος, good in its substance and nature, and fitted to beget good, Romans 7:16; 1 Timothy 1:8; διδασκαλία, true and approved teaching, 1 Timothy 4:6; καρδία καλή καί ἀγαθή, Luke 8:15; παραθήκη (which see) (containing (rather, consisting of) καλά), 2 Timothy 1:14; μέτρον, ample measure (rabbinical, טובה מדה; English good measure), Luke 6:38; βαθμός (firm (but see βαθμός)), 1 Timothy 3:13; also θεμέλιος, 1 Timothy 6:19; equivalent to genuine, approved, πάντα δοκιμάζετε, τό καλόν κατέχετε, 1 Thessalonians 5:21; equivalent to precious (A. V. goodly), μαργαρῖται, Matthew 13:45; equivalent to superior to other kinds, οἶνος, John 2:10; joined to names of men designated by their office, competent, able, such as one ought to be: ποιμήν, John 10:11, 14; διάκονος, 1 Timothy 4:6; οἰκονόμος, 1 Peter 4:10; στρατιώτης, 2 Timothy 2:3; joined to nouns denoting an effect estimated by the power it involves, or by its constancy, or by the end aimed at by its author, equivalent to praiseworthy, noble: στρατεία, 1 Timothy 1:18; ἀγών, 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7; ὁμολογία, 1 Timothy 6:12f; ἔργον, Matthew 26:10; Mark 14:6; John 10:33; 1 Timothy 3:1; plural John 10:32. καλόν ἐστιν, it is expedient, profitable, wholesome: followed by an infinitive as subject, 1 Corinthians 7:1; with τίνι added (so in 1 Corinthians, the passage cited also), Matthew 18:8f (cf. Winers Grammar, 241 (226); Buttmann, § 149, 7); Mark 9:43, 45, 47, R G (also L Tr marginal reading in 47); 1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Corinthians 9:15; καλόν ἐστιν followed by the accusative and infinitive, Mark 9:43, 45, 47, L (but see above) T Tr (but not marginal reading, see above) WH; Hebrews 13:9; followed by εἰ (cf. Buttmann, 217 (187f); Winer's Grammar, 282 (265)), Matthew 26:24; Mark 9:42; Mark 14:21; followed by ἐάν (Buttmann and Winer's Grammar, as above), 1 Corinthians 7:8; it is pleasant, delightful, followed by an accusative with an infinitive: Matthew 17:4; Mark 9:5; Luke 9:33.
c. beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life, and hence praiseworthy; morally good, noble, (Latinhonestus; (cf. Aristotle, τό καθ' αὐτό καλόν)): διάκρισις καλοῦ τέ καί κακοῦ, Hebrews 5:14; ἔργα, Matthew 5:16; 1 Timothy 5:10, 25; 1 Timothy 6:18; Titus 2:7, 14; Titus 3:8, 14; Hebrews 10:24; 1 Peter 2:12, and Lachmann in 2 Peter 1:10; ἀναστροφή, James 3:13; 1 Peter 2:12; καλή συνείδησις, consciousness of good deeds (A. V. a good conscience), Hebrews 13:18; καλά, καλόν ἐνώπιον τίνος, in one's judgment, Romans 12:17; 2 Corinthians 8:21; 1 Timothy 2:3 and Rec. in 1 Timothy 5:4; ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ, Galatians 4:18; τό καλόν κατεργάζεσθαι, Romans 7:18; ποιεῖν, Romans 7:21; 2 Corinthians 13:7; Galatians 6:9; James 4:17; καλόν ἐστιν, it is right, proper, becoming, followed by an infinitive: Matthew 15:26 (L T ἔξεστιν); (Mark 7:27); Galatians 4:18 (here Tr marginal reading imperative); Romans 14:21.
d. honorable, conferring honor: μαρτυρία, 1 Timothy 3:7; ὄνομα, James 2:7; οὐ καλόν τό καύχημα ὑμῶν, 1 Corinthians 5:6.
e. affecting the mind agreeably, comforting and confirming: Θεοῦ ῤῆμα (the Sept. for טוב דָּבָר, which is spoken of the divine promises, Joshua 21:45; Zechariah 1:13), the gospel and its promises full of consolation, Hebrews 6:5. Compar. καλλίων, κάλλιον, better: neut, adverbially, σύ κάλλιον ἐπιγινώσκεις, i. e. better than by thy question thou seemest to know, Acts 25:10 (Winers Grammar, 242 (227)). The word is not found in the Apocalypse. (Cf. Trench, § cvi. at the end; Zezschwitz, Profangräcität as above with, p. 60f (cf. ἀγαθός, at the end); Westcott on John 10:11.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
21:45
Zechariah
1:13
Matthew
3:10; 5:16; 7:17; 7:18; 7:19; 12:33; 12:33; 13:8; 13:21; 13:23; 13:24; 13:37; 13:45; 13:48; 15:26; 17:4; 18:8; 26:10; 26:24
Mark
4:8; 4:20; 7:27; 9:5; 9:42; 9:43; 9:43; 9:45; 9:45; 9:47; 9:47; 9:50; 14:6; 14:21
Luke
3:9; 6:38; 6:43; 6:43; 8:15; 8:15; 9:33; 14:34; 21:5
John
2:10; 10:11; 10:11; 10:14; 10:32; 10:33
Acts
25:10
Romans
7:16; 7:18; 7:21; 12:17; 14:21
1 Corinthians
5:6; 7:1; 7:8; 7:26; 9:15
2 Corinthians
8:21; 13:7
Galatians
4:18; 4:18; 6:9
1 Thessalonians
5:21
1 Timothy
1:8; 1:18; 2:3; 3:1; 3:7; 3:13; 4:4; 4:6; 4:6; 5:4; 5:10; 5:25; 6:12; 6:12; 6:18; 6:19
2 Timothy
1:14; 2:3; 4:7
Titus
2:7; 2:14; 3:8; 3:14
Hebrews
5:14; 6:5; 10:24; 13:9; 13:18
James
2:7; 3:13; 4:17
1 Peter
2:12; 2:12; 4:10
2 Peter
1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2570 matches the Greek καλός (kalos),
which occurs 101 times in 90 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 3:10–1Co 5:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:10 - Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16 - In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that[fn] they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:17 - So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:18 - A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:19 - Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:33 - “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - And the servants[fn] of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:37 - He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 - The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:45 - “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:48 - When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:26 - And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:8 - And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:9 - And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell[fn] of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:27 - And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi,[fn] it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,[fn] it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell,[fn] to the unquenchable fire.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47 - And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:50 - Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:9 - Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:43 - “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:34 - “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:5 - And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:10 - and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:11 - I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:14 - I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:32 - Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:33 - The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:16 - Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:18 - For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:21 - So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:17 - Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:21 - It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6 - Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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