καλός

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Fair (Havens)

καλός , -ή, -όν, [in LXX chiefly for טוֹבָה ,טוֹב, also for יָפֶה, etc. ;] __1. primarily, of outward form ("related to . . . ἀγαθός as the appearance to the essence," Cremer, 339), fair, beautiful : λίθοι (BV, goodly ), Luk.21:5. __2. In reference to use, of that which is well adapted to its ends, good, excellent : of fish, τ. καλά (opposite to σαπρά), Mat.13:48; σπέρμα, Mat.13:24, 27, 37, 38 ; καρπός, Mat.3:10 7:17-19 12:33 , Luk.3:9 [WH] 6:43; δένδρον (opposite to σαρπόν), Mat.12:33 , Luk.6:43 ; γῆ, Mat.13:8, 23 Mrk.4:8, 20 Luk.8:15 ; τ. ἅλας, Mrk.9:50 , Luk.14:34 ; ὁ νόμος, Rom.7:16 , 1Ti.1:8 ; διδασκαλία, 1Ti.4:6; καρδία κ. καὶ ἀγαθή, Luk.8:15; παραθήκη, 2Ti.1:14; μέτρον, Luk.6:38; βαθμός, 1Ti.3:13; θεμέλιος, 1Ti.6:19; τὸ κ., 1Th.5:21; μαργαρίται, Mat.13:45; οἶνος, Jhn.2:10; ποιμήν, Jhn.10:11, 14 ; διάκονος, 1Ti.4:6; οἰκονόμος, 1Pe.4:10; στρατιώτης, 2Ti.2:3; στρατεία, 1Ti.1:18; ἀγών, 1Ti.6:12 , 2Ti.4:7 ; ὁμολογία, 1Ti.6:12, 13 ; ἔργον, Mat.26:10 , Mrk.14:6 , Jhn.10:33 , 1Ti.3:1 ; pl., Jhn.10:32; καλόν, with inf. and dative, Mat.18:8 , 9 1Co.7:1, 26 9:15 ; id. with accusative and inf., Mat.17:4 , Mrk.9:5, 43, 45, 47 , Luk.9:33 , Heb.13:9 ; before εἰ, Mat.26:24 , Mrk.9:42 14:21 ; ἐάν, 1Co.7:8. __3. Ethically, good , in the sense of right, fair, noble, honourable : Gal.4:18 , Heb.5:14 ; ἔργα, Mat.5:16 , 1Ti.5:10, 25 6:18 , Tit.2:7, 14 3:8, 14 (Field, Notes , 223f.), Heb.10:24 , 1Pe.2:12 ; ἀναστροφή, Jas.3:13 , 1Pe.2:12 ; συνείδησις, Heb.13:18; before ἐνώπιον, Rom.12:17 , 2Co.8:21 , 1Ti.2:3 ; το] κ. ποιεῖν (κατεργάζεσθαι), Rom.7:18, 21 2Co.13:7 , Gal.6:9 , Jas.4:17 ; καλόν ἐστιν, with inf., Mat.15:26 (T, ἔξεστιν), Mrk.7:27 , Rom.14:21 , Gal.4:18 ; μαρτυρία, 1Ti.3:7; ὄνομα, Jas.2:7; καύχημα, 1Co.5:6 (neg.); θεοῦ ῥῆμα, Heb.6:5. κ. does not occur in Re.† SYN. : see: ἀγαθός. (AS)