Gloss
good, right; beautiful, fine, excellent
Forms of the word
Dictionary
καλός, -ή, -όν
Greek transliteration
kalos
Simplified transliteration
kalos
Numbers
Strong's number
2566
GK Number
2819
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
101
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(2a)
Definition
pr. beautiful; good, of good quality or disposition; fertile, rich, Mt. 13:8, 23; useful, profitable, Lk. 14:34; καλόν ἐστι(ν), it is profitable, it is well, Mt. 18:8, 9; excellent, choice, select, goodly, Mt. 7:17, 19; καλόν ἐστι(ν), it is pleasant, delightful, Mt. 17:4; just, full measure, Lk. 6:38; honorable, distinguished, Jas. 2:7; good, possessing moral excellence, worthy, upright, virtuous, Jn. 10:11, 14; 1 Tim. 4:6; τὸ καλόν, and τὸ καλόν ἔργον, what is good and right, a good deed, rectitude, virtue, Mt. 5:16; Rom. 7:18, 21; right, duty, propriety, Mt. 15:26; benefit, favor, Jn. 10:32, 33
Greek-English Concordance for καλός
| Mark 9:43 | And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for you to enter into life crippled than having two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. |
| Mark 9:45 | And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for you to enter into life lame than having two feet to be cast into hell. |
| Mark 9:47 | And if your eye causes you to sin, throw it away; it is better (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for you to enter the kingdom of God having one eye than having two eyes to be cast into hell, |
| Mark 9:50 | Salt is good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut), but if the salt has become unsalty, with what will you make it savory? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” |
| Mark 14:6 | But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you causing her trouble? She has done a beautiful (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut) thing to me. |
| Mark 14:21 | For the Son of Man is going as it is written of him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed — better (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for him if that man had not been born.” |
| Luke 3:9 | Indeed, already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg masc) fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. |
| Luke 6:38 | give, and it will be given to you — good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut) measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For by what measure you measure, it will be measured in return to you.” |
| Luke 6:43 | “For it is not a good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) tree that bears bad fruit, nor again, a bad tree that bears good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg masc) fruit, |
| Luke 8:15 | But as for that in the good (kalē | καλῇ | dat sg fem) soil — these are the ones who, having heard with an honest (kalē | καλῇ | dat sg fem) and good heart, hold firmly onto the word and bear fruit through patient endurance. |
| Luke 9:33 | As the men were about to leave him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” — not knowing what he was saying. |
| Luke 14:34 | “Salt, then, is good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut); but if salt has become insipid, with what shall it be seasoned? |
| Luke 21:5 | And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful (kalois | καλοῖς | dat pl masc) stones and gifts dedicated to God, Jesus said, |
| John 2:10 | and said to him, “Everyone serves the choice (kalon | καλόν | acc sg masc) wine first, and then when the guests are a bit tipsy, that which is inferior. But you have kept the good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg masc) wine until now.” |
| John 10:11 | “I am the good (kalos | καλός | nom sg masc) shepherd; the good (kalos | καλός | nom sg masc) shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. |
| John 10:14 | I am the good (kalos | καλός | nom sg masc) shepherd. I know my own and they know me, |
| John 10:32 | Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many noble (kala | καλά | acc pl neut) works from the Father; for which one of them do you intend to stone me?” |
| John 10:33 | The Jews answered him, “It is not for a noble (kalou | καλοῦ | gen sg neut) work that we intend to stone you but for blasphemy; it is because you, a mere man, are making yourself God.” |
| Acts 27:8 | Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair (kalous | καλούς | acc pl masc) Havens, near to which was the city Lasea. |
| Romans 7:16 | But if I am doing what I do not want to do, I agree with the law, that it is good (kalos | καλός | nom sg masc). |
| Romans 7:18 | For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is right (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut), but I am unable to do it. |
| Romans 7:21 | So I find it to be a law that when I want to do good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut), evil is present in me. |
| Romans 12:17 | Repay no one evil for evil; give careful thought to what is good (kala | καλά | acc pl neut) in the sight of all |
| Romans 14:21 | It is good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything that makes your brother stumble. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:6 | Your boasting is not good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut). Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough? |
