BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2898
tuv — goodness
1) goods, good things, goodness 1a) good things 1b) goods, property 1c) fairness, beauty, joy, prosperity, goodness (abstract) 1d) goodness (of taste, discernment) 1e) goodness (of God) (abstract)
31 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G19
agathōsunē — goodness
ἀγαθωσύνη (on the termination, see: ἁγιότης, and cf . WH, App., 152; MM, VGT, see word), -ης, ἡ (ἀγαθός), [in LXX for טוֹבָה, טוֹב, טוּב, only in Heb. bks. ;] goodness (representing "the kindlier, as δικαιοσύνη, the sterner element in the ideal character," AE, Eph., 5:9; on its relation to χρηστότης, see Tr., Syn., §lxiii): Rom.15:14, Gal.5:22, 2Th.1:11.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20004
agathotēs — goodness
goodness
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2617
che.sed — kindness
goodness, kindness, faithfulness
240 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5046
teleios — perfect
τέλειος, -α, -ον (τέλος), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלֵם, תָּמִים and cogn. forms ;] having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect; 1. of persons, primarily of physical development, (a) full-grown, mature: Heb.5:14; ethically: Php.3:15; opposite to νήπιος (-άζειν), 1Co.2:6 14:20, Eph.4:13; τ. καὶ πεπληροφορημένοι, Col.4:12; τ. ἐν Χριστῷ, Col.1:28; (b) complete, perfect (expressing the simple idea of complete goodness, without reference either to maturity or to the philosophical idea of a τέλος; see Hort on Jas.1:4): Mat.5:48 19:21, Jas.1:4 3:2; of God, Mat.5:48. 2. Of things, complete, perfect: Rom.12:2; ἔργον, Jas.1:4; νόμος, Jas.1:25; δώρημα, Jas.1:17; ἀγάπη, 1Jn.4:18; τὸ τ., 1Co.13:10; compar., τελειοτέρα (σκηνή), Heb.9:11. (There is probably no reference in St. Paul's usage to the use of this term in the ancient mysteries; cf. ICC on Col.1:28; but see also Lft., in l, and Notes, 173 f.) † SYN.: see: ὁλόκληρος (and cf. Rendall, He., 158 ff.) (AS)
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H285
a.chi.tuv — Ahitub
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.3; son of: Phinehas (H6372H); brother of: Ichabod (H0350); father of: Ahimelech (H0288) § Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)" 1) a grandson of Eli 2) the father of Zadok the priest
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5544
chrēstotēs — kindness
χρηστότης, -ητος, ἡ (χρηστός), [in LXX for טוּב and cogn. forms ;] 1. goodness, excellence, uprightness: Rom.3:12 (LXX). 2. goodness of heart, kindness: Rom.2:4, 2Co.6:6, Gal.5:22, Col.3:12, Tit.3:4; before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Eph.2:7; id., opposite to ἀποτομία, Rom.11:22. SYN.: see: ἀγαθωσύνη. (AS)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G703
aretē — virtue
ἀρετή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX, in sing.: Hab.3:3, Zec.6:13 (הוֹד), in pl.: Isa.42:8, 12 43:21 63:7 (תְּהִלָּה), Wis.4:1 5:13 8:7 2:1-24; 4Mac.2.2 * ;] prop., whatever procures pre-eminent estimation for a person or thing, in Hom. any kind of conspicuous advantage. Later confined by philos. writers to intrinsic eminence-moral goodness, virtue; (a) of God: 2Pe.1:3; (b) of men: Php.4:8, 2Pe.1:5; pl. (Isa, Es, ll. with), excellencies: 1Pe.2:9 (the usage appears to be a survival of an early comprehensive sense in which the original idea is blended with the impression which it makes on others, i.e. praise, renown; see Hort, 1 Pe., 129. Deiss., BS, 95 f., thinks it means manifestations of divine power, as in current Gk. speech; cf. also MM, see word)† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5358
philagathos — lover of good
φιλ-άγαθος, -ον [in LXX: Wis.7:22 * ;] loving that which is good, loving goodness: Tit.1:8 (Arist., Polyb., a l.).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2887
te.vet — Tebeth
§ Tebeth = "goodness" the 10th month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to modern Dec-Jan
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8233
she.pher — beauty
beauty, goodness, goodliness
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20095
apeiragathos — foolish
unacquainted with goodness, foolish
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21349
chrēstoētheia — goodness of heart
goodness of heart
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →In man is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate preference of right to wrong, the firm and persistent resistance of all moral evil, and the choosing and following of all moral good.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
