καλός kalos

Greek word for “good” · Strong’s G2570 · used 101 times in 90 verses

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Meaning

καλός, -ή, -όν; 1. primarily, of outward form ("related to...

Senses in the lexicon

• good (100)
• Fair (Havens) (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for kalos in context, with how often each is used:

• good 74
• better 8
• good is 4
• right 3
• fine 1
• beautiful 1
• worthy 1
• goodly 1
• what is right 1
• good it is 1
• right thing 1
• well 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (8), Mark 9 (6), John 10 (4), 1 Timothy 6 (4), Matthew 7 (3), Romans 7 (3), 1 Corinthians 7 (3), 1 Timothy 3 (3), Matthew 18 (2), Matthew 26 (2)

Forms

• καλὸν 42
• καλόν 11
• καλὴν 10
• καλὰ 7
• καλῶν 6
• καλὸς 5
• καλοὺς 3
• καλοῖς 3
• καλοῦ 3
• καλῇ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kalos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἔργον ergon “work” 16
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 11
• καρπός karpos “fruit” 9
• δένδρον dendron “tree” 7
• σαπρός sapros “rotten” 5
• σκανδαλίζω skandalizō “to cause to stumble” 6
• περί peri “about” 9
• πῦρ pur “fire” 6
• ἑξήκοντα hexēkonta “sixty” 4
• ἐκκόπτω ekkoptō “to prevent” 4
• σπείρω speirō “to sow” 5
• τριάκοντα triakonta “thirty” 4

Key verses

The verses using kalos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Mark 9:43 — And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall…
• 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.
• Galatians 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• 1 Timothy 4:6 — If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good…
• 1 Timothy 5:10 — Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the…
• 1 Timothy 6:18 — That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• 2 Timothy 4:7 — I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
• Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Hebrews 13:9 — Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not…
• James 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
• 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,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.