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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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
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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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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.
H2617
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
H2898
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
H2898
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
H2898
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
H2898
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
H2896
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
H2898
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
H2617
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
H2896
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
H2898
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
G5544
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
G5543
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
G5544
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
G5544
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
G5544
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
G19
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
G19
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
G19
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
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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