1002 occurrences

'Good' in the Bible

And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The CreatorLight And DarknessGod Seeing All The EarthWaters DividedDarkness

And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Verse ConceptsPerfection, DivineDry LandCreation Of The SeasGod Seeing All The EarthCreation Of The EarthGod Naming ThingsPerfection Of CreationThe OceanThe Seagathering

And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

Verse ConceptsAccording To Its KindTreesGod Seeing All The EarthPerfection Of CreationHerbsPlanting SeedsFlowersMarijuana

To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalLight In The WorldLight And DarknessGod Seeing All The EarthProvision Of DayProvision Of NightPerfection Of Creation

And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

Verse ConceptsAccording To Its KindAnimals, Types OfCrawlingGod Seeing All The EarthMammalsKinds Of Living ThingsPerfection Of CreationCreationThe EarthGod's CreationPetsbugsreproductionVarietiesReproduction, After Kind

And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Verse ConceptsKnowledge Of Good And EvilSprouting PlantsMetaphorical TreesKnowingSproutingBeauty Of ThingsFood DefinedKnowing Right And WrongHealing Of NationsAdam and eve disobey godnatural LifeBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Nature

And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

Verse ConceptsPrecious Stones

For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.

Verse ConceptsAwarenessSin, Causes OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesSatan, Work OfEyes OpenedArrogantly Like GodEating Forbidden FoodKnowing Right And WrongMen As GodsNASB

And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheKnowledge, Of SinKnowledge Of Good And EvilUniquenessGod, TrinityImmortality, In OtSeeking LifeMetaphorical TreesArrogantly Like GodGraspingKnowing Right And WrongMen As GodsNot For EverPeople With Knowledgepotentialautonomy

And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

Verse ConceptsCowsSheepAnimals, Types OfOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPeople Giving Other ThingsPossessing Sheep

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfMastersOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Causes OfEmployers, Bad ExamplesGiven Into One's HandsLeaving People Alonemistress

See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersRooftopVirginTwo WomenLeaving People AloneNever Giving UpFather And Daughter RelationshipsProtecting Your FamilyFathers And Daughters

And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

Verse ConceptsLiving In The Land

Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

Verse ConceptsKindnessNegotiationPolitical Alliances, By OathsSojourningFalse WaysPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

Verse ConceptsDeparturesTen AnimalsGiving Good Things

Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

Verse ConceptsDrinksWater ContainersRequesting FoodMan Providing WaterSeeking A SignGod Appointing OthersGiving In Marriage

And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being SilentSilenceLooking Intently At PeopleSuccess Through God

And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

Verse ConceptsJourneyKindnessGod Has GuidedBless The Lord!God Showed His Lovingkindness

And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

Verse ConceptsSuccess Through Godspringtime

And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.

Verse ConceptsChanging DirectionGiving InformationTurning To Right And Left

And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.

Verse ConceptsDo Not HinderPeople Sending PeopleSuccess Through God

That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianNot TouchingGoing In PeaceBlessed By God

And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.

Verse ConceptsTasteRequesting FoodSavourinessBefore DeathLoving Other ThingsPeople Blessing

Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.

Verse ConceptsRequesting FoodSavourinessBefore DeathPeople BlessingMothers Deathgames

And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.

Verse ConceptsRequesting FoodBefore DeathPeople Blessing

May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:

Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrought, physicaldrinkingdewWineFertile LandPlenty Of WinePlenty Through God

And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

Verse ConceptsSavourinessPeople BlessingDeercooking

And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodPeople With Apt Names

And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

Verse ConceptsLearningBlessing Through God's People

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

Verse ConceptsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightSpeech, DivineWarning IndividualsDirect Communication Through Dreams

It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

Verse ConceptsWarning IndividualsPeople Possibly Doing EvilPowerHurtParents Being Wronghurting

Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

Verse ConceptsGod Doing GoodReturning to their landNamed Individuals Who Prayedgrandfathers

And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

Verse ConceptsUncountableImpossible For PeopleGod Doing GoodSand And Gravel

Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceBlessed By God

But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.

Verse ConceptsKindnessPrisonersDivine FavourGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed His LovingkindnessFavor

But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison:

Verse ConceptsRemembering PeoplePeople Releasing Othersjail

Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

Verse ConceptsThree Other Things

And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.

Verse ConceptsFatnessSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingRiver Nile

But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwiceSeven Things

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsThin Bodies

And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingRiver Nile

And again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:

Verse ConceptsSeven Things

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsNo One AvailableTelling DreamsThin Bodies

The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven Things

And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

Verse ConceptsForgetting ThingsBad Luck

And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDiscretionAuthority Delegated To People

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.

Verse ConceptsTaxationFractions, One FifthPlenty In EgyptAuthority Delegated To People

And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

Verse ConceptsStoringHuman Authority, Nature OfFrugalityGathering FoodStores Of FoodPeople Keeping

And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

Verse ConceptsGood Words

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

Verse ConceptsDiscernment Of GovernorsWisdom, Human NatureUnique IndividualsGod's Things Revealed

Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

Verse ConceptsSeven YearsFertile LandPlenty In EgyptAbundance

And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

Verse ConceptsPlenty In EgyptNo Foodcats

Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessDivine FavourSalutationsThe Youngest ChildSeeing PeopleMothers And Sons

And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

Verse ConceptsIngratitudePeople Not Far AwayRepaying Evil For Good

And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.

Verse ConceptsFameNews

And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

Verse ConceptsFatnessFat Of AnimalsPlenty In Egyptland

And to his father he sent ten asses with good things from Egypt on their backs, and ten she-asses with grain and bread and food for his father on the journey.

Verse ConceptsTen AnimalsMultitudes Of Donkeys

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

Verse ConceptsSubjectionThose At EaseForced LabourGood Qualities

And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFreedom, Acts Of In OtAffluenceLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkNationalismProperty, LandRescueHoneyMilk And HoneyRich FoodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

Verse ConceptsIndecisionAaron, PositionDifferent PersonGod Sending Prophets

And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my knowledge he is good at talking. And now he is coming out to you: and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyHuman AffectionHeart, HumanAaron, CharacterMeeting PeopleGod Angry With IndividualsRejoicing In God's Works

And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

Verse ConceptsPoisonBitter WaterPeople Naming ThingsBitterness

And Jethro was glad because the Lord had been good to Israel, freeing them from the power of the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceExcitementGod Doing GoodRejoicing In God's Works

And Moses' father-in-law said to him, What you are doing is not good.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsDoing The Right Thing

And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:

Verse ConceptsLinenColors, BlueRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothSkilled PeopleBlue Purple And ScarletCherubim DepictedCherubim

Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

Verse ConceptsCarelessnessOaths, HumanAbsence Of ThoughtSin Made KnownSwearing Oaths FalselyRash PeopleSwearing

It may not be changed in any way, a good given for a bad, or a bad for a good; if one beast is changed for another, the two will be holy.

And let the priest put a value on it, if it is good or bad; whatever value the priest puts on it, so will it be.

Verse ConceptsValue

And if a man has given his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will put a value on it, if it is good or bad; as the priest gives decision so will the value be fixed.

Verse ConceptsLiving In Houses

He may not make search to see if it is good or bad, or make any changes in it; and if he makes exchange of it for another, the two will be holy; he will not get them back again.

Verse ConceptsGood Or BadNot Redeemed

If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:

Verse ConceptsSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfThose Jealous For People

Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtSaints, As PilgrimsFathers In LawsGod Doing GoodBrothers in law

And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.

Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelGod Doing GoodGoodness

And what sort of land they are living in, if it is good or bad; and what their living-places are, tent-circles or walled towns;

Verse ConceptsWhat Is This?

And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.

Verse ConceptsGrapesBraveryFertile LandLand Producing

Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.

And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.

Verse ConceptsTwo Hundred And SomeRosesrebellion

Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyInvitationsSorcery And MagicCursing IsraelPeople Blessing

Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTGoldSupplied With MoneySpeaking The Word God Gives

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;

Verse ConceptsLivestockLargenessHerdsReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

Verse ConceptsGood Words

And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

Verse ConceptsGood WordsTwelve Tribes

And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

Verse ConceptsLand ProducingGiving Good ThingsGod's Plan For UsGiving Back

Truly, not one of this evil generation will see that good land which I said I would give to your fathers,

Verse ConceptsEvil GenerationsExclusion

And your little ones, who, you said, would come into strange hands, your children, who now have no knowledge of good or evil, they will go into that land, and to them I will give it and it will be theirs.

Verse ConceptsLack Of DiscernmentImmaturityInexperienceAge Of AccountabilityKnowing Right And WrongRules About Young PeopleThose Who Were IgnorantBabies Going To Heaven

Let me go over, O Lord, and see the good land on the other side of Jordan, and that fair mountain country, even Lebanon.

Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordan

So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

Verse ConceptsNationalismUnderstandingWisdom, Human NatureDealing With The NationsGod's Word Gives WisdomKeep The Commandments!Discernmentwise

And the Lord was angry with me because of you, and made an oath that I was not to go over Jordan into the good land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage:

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityGod Angry With Individuals

But death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandHow Death Is Inevitable

And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesPlanting VineyardsOrchardsCultivationLiving In HousesOlive Trees

And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

Verse ConceptsOaths, DivineDoing RightDoing The Right ThingDoing Your Best

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Adept (3 instances)
Advantage (73 instances)
Behalf (294 instances)
Beneficial (12 instances)
Benefit (115 instances)
Better (302 instances)
Boot (1 instance)
Complete (347 instances)
Dependable (5 instances)
Effective (13 instances)
Excellent (72 instances)
Expert (90 instances)
Respectable (2 instances)
Salutary (1 instance)
Savory (7 instances)
Secure (159 instances)
Serious (65 instances)
Skilful (40 instances)
Skillful (88 instances)
Upright (440 instances)
Virtuous (9 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
G18
ἀγαθός 
Agathos 
Usage: 70

εὐδοκία 
Eudokia 
good pleasure , good will , seem good 9 , desire
Usage: 7

טוּב 
Tuwb 
Usage: 32

תּאר 
To'ar 
Usage: 15

εὐδοκέω 
Eudokeo 
Usage: 20

θαρσέω 
Tharseo 
be of good cheer , be of good comfort
Usage: 1

οἰκοδεσπότης 
Oikodespotes 
Usage: 0

אדּיר 
'addiyr 
Usage: 27

אדר 
'eder 
Usage: 2

אדּרת 
'addereth 
Usage: 12

און 
'own 
Usage: 12

אזן 
'azan 
Usage: 0

אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

גּמל 
Gamal 
Usage: 37

הדר 
Hadar 
Usage: 30

הוד 
Howd 
Usage: 24

חמדּה 
Chemdah 
Usage: 16

חסד 
Checed 
Usage: 247

חסיד 
Chaciyd 
Usage: 32

טב 
Tab (Aramaic), 
Usage: 2

טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 31

טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 553

יטב 
Yatab 
Usage: 115

יטב 
Y@tab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

יעל 
Ya`al 
Usage: 23

ישׁר 
Yashar 
Usage: 26

כּשׁרון 
Kishrown 
Usage: 3

מאד 
M@`od 
Usage: 300

מחמד 
Machmad 
Usage: 12

מלאכה 
M@la'kah 
Usage: 167

נכס 
N@kac (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

עד עוד 
`owd 
Usage: 483

פּאר 
P@'er 
Usage: 7

צבי 
Ts@biy 
Usage: 32

צלח צלח 
Tsalach 
Usage: 66

קנין 
Qinyan 
substance , of...getting , goods , riches , with
Usage: 10

רחק 
Rachaq 
...far , ...off , ...away , remove , good way
Usage: 57

רכשׁ רכוּשׁ 
R@kuwsh 
Usage: 28

רנן 
Renen 
Usage: 1

שׁלם 
Shalam 
Usage: 116

שׁפר 
Sh@phar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

שׁפר 
Shepher 
Usage: 1

תּחבּוּלה תּחבּלה 
Tachbulah 
Usage: 6

G14
ἀγαθοεργέω 
Agathoergeo 
do good
Usage: 1

G15
ἀγαθοποιέω 
Agathopoieo 
do good , well doing , do well
Usage: 6

G19
ἀγαθωσύνη 
Agathosune 
Usage: 4

ἀξιόω 
Axioo 
Usage: 7

ἀρχαῖος 
Archaios 
old , of old time , a good while ago
Usage: 9

βίος 
Bios 
Usage: 6

δοκέω 
Dokeo 
Usage: 45

εὖ 
Eu 
Usage: 2

εὐαγγελίζω 
Euaggelizo 
Usage: 50

εὐεργεσία 
Euergesia 
Usage: 2

εὐεργετέω 
Euergeteo 
Usage: 1

εὐθυμέω 
Euthumeo 
be of good cheer , be merry
Usage: 3

εὔθυμος 
Euthumos 
Usage: 2

εὔνοια 
Eunoia 
benevolence , good will
Usage: 2

εὐποιΐ́α 
Eupoiia 
to do good
Usage: 1

εὐφημία 
Euphemia 
Usage: 1

εὔφημος 
Euphemos 
Usage: 1

εὐψυχέω 
Eupsucheo 
be of good comfort
Usage: 1

καλλιέλαιος 
Kallielaios 
Usage: 1

καλός 
Kalos 
Usage: 62

καλῶς 
Kalos 
well , good , full well , .
Usage: 26

κόσμιος 
Kosmios 
Usage: 2

λαμπρός 
Lampros 
Usage: 8

μακράν 
Makran 
Usage: 7

μαρτυρέω 
Martureo 
Usage: 58

οὐσία 
Ousia 
Usage: 0

πλουτέω 
Plouteo 
be rich , be made rich , rich , wax rich , be increased with goods
Usage: 9

σκεῦος 
Skeuos 
Usage: 17

σός 
Sos 
Usage: 10

συμφέρω 
Sumphero 
Usage: 13

ὕπαρξις 
Huparxis 
Usage: 2

ὑπάρχοντα 
Huparchonta 
Usage: 5

φιλάγαθος 
Philagathos 
Usage: 1

χρηστολογία 
Chrestologia 
Usage: 1

χρηστός 
Chrestos 
Usage: 4

χρηστότης 
Chrestotes 
Usage: 10

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