Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Read in context →Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
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ṭôwb · tobe
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
Strong's first: Genesis 1:4Strong's last: Malachi 2:17
Open full H2896 profile →agathós · ag-ath-os'
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Strong's KJV usage: :--benefit, good(-s, things), well.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:45Strong's last: 3 John 1:11
Open full G18 profile →kalós · kal-os'
properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from G18, which is properly intrinsic)
Strong's KJV usage: :--X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
Strong's first: Matthew 3:10Strong's last: 1 Peter 4:10
Open full G2570 profile →yâṭab · yaw-tab'
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Strong's first: Genesis 32:12Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:12
Open full H3190 profile →ṭôwb · tobe
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Strong's KJV usage: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.
Strong's first: Numbers 10:29Strong's last: Jeremiah 32:41
Open full H2895 profile →ṭûwb · toob
good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
Strong's KJV usage: fair, gladness, good(-ness, thing, -s), joy, go well with.
Strong's first: Genesis 45:18Strong's last: Isaiah 1:19
Open full H2898 profile →agathopoiéō · ag-ath-op-oy-eh'-o
to be a well-doer (as a favor or a duty)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(when) do good (well).
Strong's first: Mark 3:4Strong's last: 3 John 1:11
Open full G15 profile →tharséō · thar-seh'-o
to have courage
Strong's KJV usage: :--be of good cheer (comfort).
Strong's first: Matthew 9:2Strong's last: Acts 23:11
Open full G2293 profile →shâlam · shaw-lam'
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, × surely.
Strong's first: Exodus 21:34Strong's last: Leviticus 24:18
Open full H7999 profile →dokéō · dok-eh'-o
compare the base of G1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.
Strong's first: Luke 1:3Strong's last: Acts 15:28
Open full G1380 profile →mᵉʼôd · meh-ode'
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
Strong's KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), × louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 2:4Strong's last: Joshua 23:11
Open full H3966 profile →eudokéō · yoo-dok-eh'-o
to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)
Strong's KJV usage: :--think good, (be well) please(-d), be the good (have, take) pleasure, be willing.
Strong's first: Luke 12:32Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 3:1
Open full G2106 profile →eudokía · yoo-dok-ee'-ah
satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose
Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, good pleasure (will), X seem good.
Strong's first: Matthew 11:26Strong's last: Luke 10:21
Open full G2107 profile →kalōs · kal-oce'
well (usually morally)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(in a) good (place), honestly, + recover, (full) well.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:44Strong's last: Luke 6:27
Open full G2573 profile →agathoergéō · ag-ath-er-gheh'-o
to work good
Strong's KJV usage: :--do good.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 6:18Strong's last: 1 Timothy 6:18
Open full G14 profile →axióō · ax-ee-o'-o
to deem entitled or fit
Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, think good, count (think) worthy.
Strong's first: Acts 15:38Strong's last: Acts 15:38
Open full G515 profile →apó · apo'
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with.
Strong's first: Acts 15:7Strong's last: Acts 15:7
Open full G575 profile →aphilágathos · af-il-ag'-ath-os
hostile to virtue
Strong's KJV usage: :--despiser of those that are good.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 3:3Strong's last: 2 Timothy 3:3
Open full G865 profile →bíos · bee'-os
life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood
Strong's KJV usage: :--good, life, living.
Strong's first: 1 John 3:17Strong's last: 1 John 3:17
Open full G979 profile →eû · yoo
(adverbially) well
Strong's KJV usage: :--good, well (done).
Strong's first: Mark 14:7Strong's last: Mark 14:7
Open full G2095 profile →euergetéō · yoo-erg-et-eh'-o
to be philanthropic
Strong's KJV usage: :--do good.
Strong's first: Acts 10:38Strong's last: Acts 10:38
Open full G2109 profile →eupoiḯa · yoo-poy-ee'-ah
well-doing, i.e. beneficence
Strong's KJV usage: :--to do good.
Strong's first: Hebrews 13:16Strong's last: Hebrews 13:16
Open full G2140 profile →hikanós · hik-an-os'
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
Strong's KJV usage: :--able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy.
Strong's first: Acts 18:18Strong's last: Acts 18:18
Open full G2425 profile →ischýō · is-khoo'-o
to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be able, avail, can do(-not), could, be good, might, prevail, be of strength, be whole, + much work.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:13Strong's last: Matthew 5:13
Open full G2480 profile →symphérō · soom-fer'-o
to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage
Strong's KJV usage: :--be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).
Strong's first: Matthew 19:10Strong's last: Matthew 19:10
Open full G4851 profile →chrēstós · khrase-tos'
employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals)
Strong's KJV usage: :--better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 15:33Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 15:33
Open full G5543 profile →chrēstótēs · khray-stot'-ace
usefulness, i.e. morally, excellence (in character or demeanor)
Strong's KJV usage: :--gentleness, good(-ness), kindness.
Strong's first: Romans 3:12Strong's last: Romans 3:12
Open full G5544 profile →gâmal · gaw-mal'
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Strong's KJV usage: bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, serve, mean, yield.
Strong's first: Proverbs 11:17Strong's last: Proverbs 11:17
Open full H1580 profile →cheçed · kheh'-sed
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Strong's KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 13:14Strong's last: Nehemiah 13:14
Open full H2617 profile →châçîyd · khaw-seed'
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
Strong's KJV usage: godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-) godly.
Strong's first: Micah 7:2Strong's last: Micah 7:2
Open full H2623 profile →ṭâb · teh-abe'
good
Strong's KJV usage: fine, good.
Strong's first: Ezra 5:17Strong's last: Ezra 5:17
Open full H2869 profile →yᵉṭab · yet-ab'
Strong's KJV usage: seem good.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:18Strong's last: Ezra 7:18
Open full H3191 profile →yâʻal · yaw-al'
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
Strong's first: Job 15:3Strong's last: Job 15:3
Open full H3276 profile →yâshar · yaw-shar'
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
Strong's KJV usage: direct, fit, seem good (meet), please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
Strong's first: Jeremiah 18:4Strong's last: Jeremiah 18:4
Open full H3474 profile →kishrôwn · kish-rone'
success, advantage
Strong's KJV usage: equity, good, right.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 5:11Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 5:11
Open full H3788 profile →mâh · maw
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
Strong's KJV usage: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Strong's first: Genesis 27:46Strong's last: Genesis 27:46
Open full H4100 profile →çᵉgullâh · seg-ool-law'
wealth (as closely shut up)
Strong's KJV usage: jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 29:3Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 29:3
Open full H5459 profile →ʻayin · ah'-yin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Strong's KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, ( well), × me, open(-ly), (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 3:19Strong's last: 2 Samuel 3:19
Open full H5869 profile →tsâlach · tsaw-lakh'
to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
Strong's KJV usage: break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, -ously).
Strong's first: Jeremiah 13:10Strong's last: Jeremiah 13:10
Open full H6743 profile →qûwm · koom
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Strong's KJV usage: abide, accomplish, × be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, × be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
Strong's first: Numbers 23:19Strong's last: Numbers 23:19
Open full H6965 profile →shᵉphar · shef-ar'
to be beautiful
Strong's KJV usage: be acceptable, please, think good.
Strong's first: Daniel 4:2Strong's last: Daniel 4:2
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I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
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GOOD, adjective
1. Valid; legally firm; not weak or defective; having strength adequate to its support; as a good title; a good deed; a good claim.
2. Valid; sound; not weak, false or fallacious; as a good argument.
3. Complete or sufficiently perfect in its kind; having the physical qualities best adapted to its design and use; opposed to bad, imperfect, corrupted, impaired. We say, good timber, good cloth, a good soil, a good color.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and
behold, it was very good Genesis 1:4.
4. Having moral qualities best adapted to its design and use, or the qualities which God's law requires; virtuous; pious; religious; applied to persons, and opposed to bad, vitious, wicked, evil.
Yet peradventure for a good man some would
even dare to die. Romans 5:7.
5. Conformable to the moral law; virtuous; applied to actions.
In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works.
Titus 2:3.
6. Proper; fit; convenient; seasonable; well adapted to the end. It was a good time to commence operations. He arrived in good time.
7. Convenient; useful; expedient; conducive to happiness.
It is not good that the man should be alone. Genesis 2:9.
8. Sound; perfect; uncorrupted; undamaged. This fruit will keep good the whole year.
9. Suitable to the taste or to health; wholesome; salubrious; palatable; not disagreeable or noxious; as fruit good to eat; a tree good for food. Genesis 2:9.
10. Suited to produce a salutary effect; adapted to abate or cure; medicinal; salutary; beneficial; as, fresh vegetables are good for scorbutic diseases.
11. Suited to strengthen or assist the healthful functions; as, a little wine is good for a weak stomach.
12. Pleasant to the taste; as a good apple.
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste. Proverbs 24:13.
13. Full; complete.
The protestant subjects of the abbey make up a good third of its people.
14. Useful; valuable; having qualities or a tendency to produce a good effect.
All quality, that is good for any thing, is originally founded on merit.
15. Equal; adequate; competent. His security is good for the amount of the debt; applied to persons able to fulfill contracts.
Antonio is a good man.
16. Favorable; convenient for any purpose; as a good stand for business; a good station for a camp.
17. Convenient; suitable; safe; as a good harbor for ships.
18. Well qualified; able; skillful; or performing duties with skill and fidelity; as a good prince; a good commander; a good officer; a good physician.
19. Ready; dexterous.
Those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else.
20. Kind; benevolent; affectionate; as a good father; good will.
21. Kind; affectionate; faithful; as a good friend.
22. Promotive of happiness; pleasant; agreeable; cheering; gratifying.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Psalms 133:1.
23. Pleasant or prosperous; as, good morrow, Sir; good morning.
24. Honorable; fair; unblemished; unimpeached; as a man of good fame or report.
A good name is better than precious ointment.
Ecclesiastes 7:1.
25. Cheerful; favorable to happiness. Be of good comfort.
26. Great or considerable; not small nor very great; as a good while ago; he is a good way off, or at a good distance; he has a good deal of leisure; I had a good share of the trouble. Here we see the primary sense of extending, advancing.
27. Elegant; polite; as good breeding.
28. Real; serious; not feigned.
Love not in good earnest.
29. Kind; favorable; benevolent; humane.
The men were very good to us. 1 Samuel 25:3.
30. Benevolent; merciful; gracious.
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are
of a clean heart. Psalms 73:1.
31. Seasonable; commendable; proper.
Why trouble ye the woman, for she hath
wrought a good work on me. Matthew 26:10.
32. Pleasant; cheerful; festive.
We come in a good day. 1 Samuel 25:3.
33. Companionable; social; merry.
It is well known, that Sir Roger had been a good fellow in his youth.
34. Brave; in familiar language. You are a good fellow.
35. In the phrases, the good man, applied to the master of the house, and good woman, applied to the mistress, good sometimes expresses a moderate degree of respect, and sometimes slight contempt. Among the first settlers of New England, it was used as a title instead of Mr.; as Goodman Jones; Goodman Wells.
36. The phrase good will is equivalent to benevolence; but it signifies also an earnest desire, a hearty wish, entire willingness or fervent zeal; as, we entered into the service with a good will; he laid on stripes with a good will.
37. Comely; handsome; well formed; as a good person or shape.
38. Mild; pleasant; expressing benignity or other estimable qualities; as a good countenance.
39. Mild; calm; not irritable or fractious; as a good temper.
40. Kind; friendly; humane; as a good heart or disposition.
GOOD advice, wise and prudent counsel.
GOOD heed, great care; due caution.
In good south, in good truth; in reality.
To make good to perform; to fulfill; as, to make good one's word or promise; that is to make it entire or unbroken.
1. To confirm or establish; to prove; to verify; as, to make good a charge or accusation.
2. To supply deficiency; to make up a defect or loss. I will make good what is wanting.
3. To indemnify; to give an equivalent for damages. If you suffer loss, I will make it good to you.
4. To maintain; to carry into effect; as, to make good a retreat.
To stand good to be firm or valid. His word or promise stands good
To think good to see good is to be pleased or satisfied; to think to be expedient.
If ye think good give me my price. Zechariah 11:12.
As good as, equally; no better than; the same as. We say, one is as good as dead. Hebrews 11:2.
As good as his word, equaling in fulfillment what was promised; performing to the extent.
GOOD, noun That which contributes to diminish or remove pain, or to increase happiness or prosperity; benefit; advantage; opposed to evil or misery. The medicine will do neither good nor harm. It does my heart good to see you so happy.
There are many that say, who will show us any good Psa 4.
1. Welfare; prosperity; advancement of interest or happiness. He labored for the good of the state.
The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it.
2. Spiritual advantage or improvement; as the good of souls.
3. Earnest; not jest.
The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all.
The phrase, for good and all, signifies, finally; to close the whole business; for the last time.
4. Moral works; actions which are just and in conformity to the moral law or divine precepts.
Depart from evil, and do good Psa 34.
5. Moral qualities; virtue; righteousness.
I find no good in this man.
6. The best fruits; richness; abundance.
I will give you the good of the land. Gen 45.
GOOD, verb transitive To manure. [Not in use.]
GOOD, adverb As good as well; with equal advantage. Had you not as good go with me? In America we use goods, the Gothic word. Had you not as goods go?
In replies, good signifies well; right; it is satisfactory; I am satisfied. I will be with you to morrow; answer, good very good So we use well, from the root of Latin valeo, to be strong.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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