καλός

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), Luke 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), Matthew 13:48; σπέρμα, Matthew 13:24, 27, 37, 38; καρπός, Matthew 3:10; 7:17-19; 12:33, Luke 3:9 [WH] 6:43; δένδρον (opposite to σαρπόν), Matthew 12:33, Luke 6:43; γῆ, Matthew 13:8, 23, Mark 4:8, 20, Luke 8:15; τ. ἅλας, Mark 9:50, Luke 14:34; ὁ νόμος, Romans 7:16, 1 Timothy 1:8; διδασκαλία, 1 Timothy 4:6; καρδία κ. καὶ ἀγαθή, Luke 8:15; παραθήκη, 2 Timothy 1:14; μέτρον, Luke 6:38; βαθμός, 1 Timothy 3:13; θεμέλιος, 1 Timothy 6:19; τὸ κ., 1 Thessalonians 5:21; μαργαρίται, Matthew 13:45; οἶνος, John 2:10; ποιμήν, John 10:11, 14; διάκονος, 1 Timothy 4:6; οἰκονόμος, 1 Peter 4:10; στρατιώτης, 2 Timothy 2:3; στρατεία, 1 Timothy 1:18; ἀγών, 1 Timothy 6:12, 2 Timothy 4:7; ὁμολογία, 1 Timothy 6:12, 13; ἔργον, Matthew 26:10, Mark 14:6, John 10:33, 1 Timothy 3:1; pl., John 10:32; καλόν, with inf. and dative, Matthew 18:8, 9 1 Corinthians 7:1, 26; 9:15; id. with accusative and inf., Matthew 17:4, Mark 9:5, 43, 45, 47, Luke 9:33, Hebrews 13:9; before εἰ, Matthew 26:24, Mark 9:42; 14:21; ἐάν, 1 Corinthians 7:8.

3. Ethically, good, in the sense of right, fair, noble, honourable: Galatians 4:18, Hebrews 5:14; ἔργα, Matthew 5:16, 1 Timothy 5:10, 25; 6:18, Titus 2:7, 14; 3:8, 14 (Field, Notes, 223f.), Hebrews 10:24, 1 Peter 2:12; ἀναστροφή, James 3:13, 1 Peter 2:12; συνείδησις, Hebrews 13:18; before ἐνώπιον, Romans 12:17, 2 Corinthians 8:21, 1 Timothy 2:3; το] κ. ποιεῖν (κατεργάζεσθαι), Romans 7:18, 21, 2 Corinthians 13:7, Galatians 6:9, James 4:17; καλόν ἐστιν, with inf., Matthew 15:26 (T, ἔξεστιν), Mark 7:27, Romans 14:21, Galatians 4:18; μαρτυρία, 1 Timothy 3:7; ὄνομα, James 2:7; καύχημα, 1 Corinthians 5:6 (neg.); θεοῦ ῥῆμα, Hebrews 6:5. κ. does not occur in Re.

Synonyms: see: ἀγαθός.