καλῶς (
καλός), adverb (from 
Homer down), 
beautifully, finely, excellently, well: (universally, 
διά τό καλῶς οἰκοδομῆσθαι (
Tr οἰκοδομεῖσθαι, which see), 
Luke 6:48 T Tr WH); specifically, 
a. rightly, so that there shall be no room for blame: joined to verbs of speaking (
ἀποκρινεσθια, 
λαλεῖν, 
λέγειν, 
προφητεύειν, etc.), 
well, truly, Matthew 15:7; 
Mark 7:6; 
Luke 20:39; 
John 4:17; 
John 8:48; 
John 13:13; (
John 18:23); 
Acts 28:25; 
fitly, i. e. agreeably to the facts and words of the case, 
Mark 12:28; 
καλῶς "Right! Well!" an expression of approval: 
Mark 12:32; 
Romans 11:20; of deeds: 
καλῶς ποιεῖν, 
to do well, act uprightly, James 2:19; 
1 Corinthians 7:37f (where the teaching is, that one can do 
καλῶς, but another 
κρεῖσσον); 
καλῶς ποιεῖν with participle 
to do well that, etc. (
Buttmann, § 144, 15 a.; 
Winer's Grammar, 345 (323)), 
Acts 10:33; 
Philippians 4:14; 
2 Peter 1:19; 
3 John 1:6. (1 Macc. 12:18, 22; 2 Macc. 2:16, etc.); with verbs denoting a duty or office which one fulfils well: 
1 Timothy 3:4, 
12; 
1 Timothy 5:17; specifically 
honestly, uprightly: 
Galatians 4:17; 
ἀναστρέφεσθαι, 
Hebrews 13:18; 
ποιεῖν, 
James 2:8. 
b. excellently, nobly, commendably: 
1 Corinthians 14:17; 
Galatians 5:7; 
καλῶς πάντα πεποίηκε, 
Mark 7:37; with bitter irony, 
Mark 7:9 (where cf. Fritzsche, p. 271f); 
2 Corinthians 11:4. 
c. honorably, in honor: 
James 2:3 (others give it here an outward reference, equivalent to 
in a good place, comfortably). 
d. καλῶς εἰπεῖν τινα, to speak well of one, 
Luke 6:26; 
καλῶς ποιεῖν τινα, to do good to, benefit one, 
Matthew 5:44 Rec.; 
τίνι (
Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 
β.; 
Buttmann, 146 (128)), 
Luke 6:27; 
καλῶς ποιεῖν, simply, 
to do good: 
Matthew 12:12. 
e. καλῶς ἔχειν, to be well (of those recovering health): 
Mark 16:18. 
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