Words the Bible translates as goodness
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥesedחֶסֶדloyal, steadfast love: kindness freely shown to someone in real need, kept faithfully within a relationship.
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- a disgrace, a shameful thing; a reproach.
- chrēstotēsχρηστότηςkindness: warm goodness of heart that actively does good for another
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- moral goodness in conduct: the doing of what is right and good
- tuvטוּבa store of good things: actual goods and produce, prosperity and well-being, fine quality, or, above all, God's own generous goodness
- agathōsunēἀγαθωσύνηgoodness: an upright moral character that shows itself in actively doing good to others
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Every English meaning beginning with G is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.