Greek word study

καλόςkalós — beautiful, good, worthy

beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.

Translated in the King James as: X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy

Appears 100 times in Scripture

Origin: 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 (ἀγαθός), which is properly intrinsic)

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Where it appears

Matthew — 21×

Matt 3:10 Matt 5:16 Matt 7:17 Matt 7:18 Matt 7:19 Matt 12:33 Matt 13:8 Matt 13:23 Matt 13:24 Matt 13:27 Matt 13:37 Matt 13:38 Matt 13:45 Matt 13:48 Matt 15:26 Matt 17:4 Matt 18:8 Matt 18:9 Matt 26:10 Matt 26:24+ 1 more in Matthew

Mark — 11×

Mark 4:8 Mark 4:20 Mark 7:27 Mark 9:5 Mark 9:42 Mark 9:43 Mark 9:45 Mark 9:47 Mark 9:50 Mark 14:6 Mark 14:21

Luke — 9×

Luke 3:9 Luke 6:38 Luke 6:43 Luke 8:15 Luke 9:33 Luke 14:34 Luke 21:5+ 2 more in Luke

John — 7×

John 2:10 John 10:11 John 10:14 John 10:32 John 10:33+ 2 more in John

Acts — 1×

Acts 27:8

Romans — 5×

Rom 7:16 Rom 7:18 Rom 7:21 Rom 12:17 Rom 14:21

1 Corinthians — 5×

1 Cor 5:6 1 Cor 7:1 1 Cor 7:8 1 Cor 7:26 1 Cor 9:15

2 Corinthians — 2×

2 Cor 8:21 2 Cor 13:7

Galatians — 3×

Gal 4:18 Gal 6:9+ 1 more in Galatians

1 Thessalonians — 1×

1 Thess 5:21

1 Timothy — 16×

1 Tim 1:8 1 Tim 1:18 1 Tim 2:3 1 Tim 3:1 1 Tim 3:7 1 Tim 3:13 1 Tim 4:4 1 Tim 4:6 1 Tim 5:10 1 Tim 5:25 1 Tim 6:12 1 Tim 6:13 1 Tim 6:18 1 Tim 6:19+ 2 more in 1 Timothy

2 Timothy — 3×

2 Tim 1:14 2 Tim 2:3 2 Tim 4:7

Titus — 5×

Titus 2:7 Titus 2:14 Titus 3:8 Titus 3:14+ 1 more in Titus

Hebrews — 5×

Heb 5:14 Heb 6:5 Heb 10:24 Heb 13:9 Heb 13:18

James — 3×

James 2:7 James 3:13 James 4:17

1 Peter — 3×

1 Pet 2:12 1 Pet 4:10+ 1 more in 1 Peter

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.