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
| Matthew 3:10 | Even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees; so any tree that does not bear good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg masc) fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. |
| Matthew 5:16 | Let your light shine like that before others, so that they may see your good (kala | καλά | acc pl neut) works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” |
| Matthew 7:17 | So, every healthy tree bears good (kalous | καλούς | acc pl masc) fruit, but the unhealthy tree bears bad fruit. |
| Matthew 7:18 | A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can an unhealthy tree bear good (kalous | καλούς | acc pl masc) fruit. |
| Matthew 7:19 | Every tree that does not bear good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg masc) fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. |
| Matthew 12:33 | “Either make the tree good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut) and its fruit good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg masc), or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit. |
| Matthew 13:8 | Other seed fell on good (kalēn | καλήν | acc sg fem) soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. |
| Matthew 13:23 | As for the one who was sown on good (kalēn | καλήν | acc sg fem) soil, this is the one who hears the message and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.” |
| Matthew 13:24 | Jesus put another parable before them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut) seed in his field. |
| Matthew 13:27 | And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut) seed in your field? Why then does it have weeds?’ |
| Matthew 13:37 | And he answered, saying, “The one who sows the good (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut) seed is the Son of Man; |
| Matthew 13:38 | and the field is the world; and as for the good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one; |
| Matthew 13:45 | Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine (kalous | καλούς | acc pl masc) pearls; |
| Matthew 13:48 | and when it was full, they pulled it up onto the shore; and they sat down and put the good (kala | καλά | acc pl neut) fish into baskets, but the bad they threw away. |
| Matthew 15:26 | And he answered, “It is not right (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) to take bread from the children and toss it to the dogs.” |
| Matthew 17:4 | And Peter spoke to Jesus, saying, “Lord, it is good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) that we are here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters here — one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” |
| Matthew 18:8 | “If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into eternal fire. |
| Matthew 18:9 | And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away; it is better (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire. |
| Matthew 26:10 | But aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you causing trouble for the woman? For she has done a kind (kalon | καλόν | acc sg neut) thing to me. |
| Matthew 26:24 | The Son of Man will depart as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for that man had he not been born.” |
| Mark 4:8 | But other seed fell into good (kalēn | καλήν | acc sg fem) soil good (kalēn | καλήν | acc sg fem) and produced grain, sprouting, growing, and bearing thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold.” |
| Mark 4:20 | These are the ones sown on good (kalēn | καλήν | acc sg fem) soil: good (kalēn | καλήν | acc sg fem) sown they hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit — thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold.” |
| Mark 7:27 | He said to her, “Let the children first be fed, for it is not right (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” |
| Mark 9:5 | And answering, Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) that we are here. Let us make three shelters: one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” — |
| Mark 9:42 | “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better (kalon | καλόν | nom sg neut) for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. |
