Words the Bible translates as good
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- agathosἀγαθόςgood: the ordinary word for what is sound, worthwhile, and beneficial, whether a person, a thing, an action, or a gift
- tovטוֹבgood: fittingly answering to what a thing, a person, or a relationship is meant to be, so that it is sound, pleasing, right, or beneficial
- kalosκαλόςfine, good, and admirable: measuring up to what its kind should be, in a way that is often meant to be seen and honored
- kalōsκαλῶςwell: in a good, right, or fitting way
- chrēstosχρηστόςgood in a way that benefits whoever meets it: kind toward people, easy to bear, mellow rather than harsh
- kallionκαλλίονgoodnot studied yet
- haplousἁπλοῦςsingle, one-fold: of the eye, sound and clear because it is undivided in what it looks at
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