Exodus 18:9
And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
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Goodness
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2 Thessalonians 1:11
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
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18 occurrences in 18 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Exodus
33 verses
Numbers
11 verses
Judges
11 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
11 verses
2 Chronicles
44 verses
Nehemiah
22 verses
Psalms
1818 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
44 verses
Hosea
33 verses
Zechariah
11 verses
Romans
63 verses
Galatians
11 verses
Ephesians
11 verses
2 Thessalonians
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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טוֹב
ṭôwb · tobe
16 times translated as this KJV form558 total Strong's occurrences
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: Exodus 18:9Strong's last: Hosea 10:1
Open full H2896 profile →טוּב
ṭûwb · toob
14 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
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: Exodus 33:19Strong's last: Zechariah 9:17
Open full H2898 profile →חֶסֶד
cheçed · kheh'-sed
12 times translated as this KJV form248 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 34:6Strong's last: Hosea 6:4
Open full H2617 profile →ἀγαθωσύνη
agathōsýnē · ag-ath-o-soo'-nay
4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
goodness, i.e. virtue or beneficence
Strong's KJV usage: :--goodness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 15:14Strong's last: 2 Thessalonians 1:11
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chrēstótēs · khray-stot'-ace
4 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
usefulness, i.e. morally, excellence (in character or demeanor)
Strong's KJV usage: :--gentleness, good(-ness), kindness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 2:4Strong's last: Romans 11:22
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chrēstós · khrase-tos'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals)
Strong's KJV usage: :--better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 2:4Strong's last: Romans 2:4
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H2896
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
H2896
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
H2896
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
H2898
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
H2898
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
H2898
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
H2617
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
H2617
<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.>> Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
H2898
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
H2896
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
H2896
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
H2617
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
H2896
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
H2617
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
H2617
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
H2617
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
H2617
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
H2898
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
English meaning and historical usage.
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goodness
GOOD'NESS, noun The state of being good; the physical qualities which constitute value, excellence or perfection; as the goodness of timber; the goodness of a soil.
1. The moral qualities which constitute christian excellence; moral virtue; religion.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness faith. Galatians 5:22.
2. Kindness; benevolence; benignity of heart; but more generally, acts of kindness; charity; humanity exercised. I shall remember his goodness to me with gratitude.
3. Kindness; benevolence of nature; mercy.
The Lord God--abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus 34:6.
4. Kindness; favor shown; acts of benevolence, compassion or mercy.
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah
had done to Israel. Exodus 18:9.
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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