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

3. Ethically, good, in the sense of right, fair, noble, honourable: Gal 4,18, Hebr 5,14; ἔργα, Matt 5,16, 1 Tim 5,10, 25; 6,18, Tit 2,7, 14; 3,8, 14 (Field, Notes, 223f.), Hebr 10,24, 1 Pet 2,12; ἀναστροφή, Jak 3,13, 1 Pet 2,12; συνείδησις, Hebr 13,18 before ἐνώπιον, Rom 12,17, 2 Kor 8,21, 1 Tim 2,3; το] κ. ποιεῖν (κατεργάζεσθαι), Rom 7,18, 21 2 Kor 13,7, Gal 6,9, Jak 4,17; καλόν ἐστιν, with inf., Matt 15,26 (T, ἔξεστιν), Mark 7,27, Rom 14,21, Gal 4,18; μαρτυρία, 1 Tim 3,7 ὄνομα, Jak 2,7 καύχημα, 1 Kor 5,6 (neg.); θεοῦ ῥῆμα, Hebr 6,5, κ. does not occur in Re.†

SYN.: see: ἀγαθός.