Luke 8:15
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
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Honest
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1 Peter 2:12
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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καλός
kalós · kal-os'
3 times translated as this KJV form99 total Strong's occurrences
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: Romans 12:17Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:12
Open full G2570 profile →ἀγαθός
agathós · ag-ath-os'
1 times translated as this KJV form102 total Strong's occurrences
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Strong's KJV usage: :--benefit, good(-s, things), well.
Strong's first: Luke 8:15Strong's last: Luke 8:15
Open full G18 profile →σεμνός
semnós · sem-nos'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
venerable, i.e. honorable
Strong's KJV usage: :--grave, honest.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Philippians 4:8Strong's last: Philippians 4:8
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Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
G2570
Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
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honest
HON'EST, adjective on'est. [Latin honestus, from honos, honor.]
1. Upright; just; fair in dealing with others; free from trickishness and fraud; acting and having the disposition to act at all times according to justice or correct moral principles; applied to persons.
An honest man's the noblest work of God.
An honest physician leaves his patient, when he can contribute no farther to his health.
2. Fair; just; equitable; free from fraud; as an honest transaction; an honest transfer of property.
3. Frank; sincere; unreserved; according to truth; as an honest confession.
4. Sincere; proceeding from pure or just principles, or directed to a good object; as an honest inquiry after truth; an honest endeavor; honest views or motives.
5. Fair; good; unimpeached.
Seek seven men of honest report. Acts 6:3.
6. Decent; honorable; or suitable.
Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Romans 12:17.
7. Chaste; faithful.
Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.
HON'EST, verb transitive on'est. To adorn; to grace. [Not used.]
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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