NASB95

NASB95

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G2570 - kalos

Choose a new font size and typeface
καλός
Transliteration
kalos (Key)
Pronunciation
kal-os'
Listen
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
Dictionary Aids

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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - “The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good G2570 fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16 - “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good G2570 works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:17 - “So every good tree bears good G2570 fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:18 - “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good G2570 fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:19 - “Every tree that does not bear good G2570 fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:33 - “Either make the tree good G2570 and its fruit good, G2570 or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - “And others fell on the good G2570 soil and *yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good G2570 soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven [fn]may be compared to a man who sowed good G2570 seed in his field.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - “The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good G2570 seed in your field? [fn]How then does it have tares?’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:37 - And He said, “The one who sows the good G2570 seed is the Son of Man,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 - and the field is the world; and as for the good G2570 seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:45 - “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine G2570 pearls,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:48 - and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good G2570 fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:26 - And He answered and said, “It is not [fn]good G2570 to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good G2570 for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three [fn]tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:8 - “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better G2570 for you to enter life crippled or lame, than [fn]to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:9 - “If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better G2570 for you to enter life with one eye, than [fn]to have two eyes and be cast into the [fn]fiery hell.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good G2570 deed to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - “The Son of Man is to go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good G2570 [fn]for that man if he had not been born.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - “Other seeds fell into the good G2570 soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - “And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good G2570 soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:27 - And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not [fn]good G2570 to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - Peter *said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good G2570 for us to be here; let us make three [fn]tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - “Whoever causes one of these [fn]little ones who believe to stumble, it [fn]would be better G2570 for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he [fn]had been cast into the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - “If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better G2570 for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into [fn]hell, into the unquenchable fire,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - “If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better G2570 for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into [fn]hell,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47 - “If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better G2570 for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into [fn]hell,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:50 - “Salt is good; G2570 but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you [fn]make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good G2570 deed to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - “For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man [fn]by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good G2570 [fn]for that man if he had not been born.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:9 - “Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good G2570 fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - “Give, and it will be given to you. They will [fn]pour into your lap a good G2570 measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:43 - “For there is no good G2570 tree which produces bad fruit, nor, [fn]on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good G2570 fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - “But the seed in the good G2570 soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest G2570 and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with [fn]perseverance.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - And as [fn]these were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good G2570 for us to be here; let us make three [fn]tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:34 - “Therefore, salt is good; G2570 but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:5 - And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful G2570 stones and votive gifts, He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:10 - and *said to him, “Every man serves the good G2570 wine first, and when the people have [fn]drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good G2570 wine until now.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:11 - “I am the good G2570 shepherd; the good G2570 shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:14 - “I am the good G2570 shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:32 - Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good G2570 works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:33 - The Jews answered Him, “For a good G2570 work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:16 - But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. G2570
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:18 - For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good G2570 is not.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:21 - I find then the [fn]principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. G2570
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:17 - Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. [fn]Respect what G2570 is right G2570 in the sight of all men.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:21 - It is good G2570 not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6 - Your boasting is not good. G2570 Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Mat 3:10–1Co 5:6) Mat 3:10–1Co 5:6

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB95
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB95

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan