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through the gospel and to those of the coming messianic kingdom. See further under No.
2. See
BENEFIT
,
GOODS
.
2.
(
, 2570) denotes that which is intrinsically “good,” and so, “goodly,
fair, beautiful,” as (a) of that which is well adapted to its circumstances or ends, e.g.,
fruit, Matt. 3:10; a tree, 12:33; ground, 13:8, 23; fish, 13:48; the Law, Rom. 7:16; 1 Tim.
1:8; every creature of God, 1 Tim. 4:4; a faithful minister of Christ and the doctrine he
teaches, 4:6; (b) of that which is ethically good, right, noble, honorable e.g., Gal. 4:18; 1
Tim. 5:10, 25; 6:18; Titus 2:7, 14; 3:8, 14. The word does not occur in the Apocalypse,
nor indeed after 1 Peter.
Christians are to “take thought for things honorable” (
), 2 Cor. 8:21,
RV
; to do
that which is honorable, 13:7; not to be weary in well doing, Gal. 6:9; to hold fast “that
which is good,” 1 Thess. 5:21; to be zealous of good works, Titus 2:14; to maintain them,
3:8; to provoke to them, Heb. 10:24; to bear testimony by them, 1 Pet. 2:12.
and
occur together in Luke 8:15, an “honest” (
) heart, i.e., the
attitude of which is right towards God; a “good” (
) heart, i.e., one that, instead of
working ill to a neighbor, acts beneficially towards him. In Rom. 7:18, “in me …
dwelleth no good thing” (
) signifies that in him is nothing capable of doing
“good,” and hence he lacks the power “to do that which is good” (
). In 1 Thess.
5:15, “follow after that which is good” (
), the “good” is that which is beneficial;
in v. 21, “hold fast that which is good (
),” the “good” describes the intrinsic value of
the teaching. See
BETTER
,
FAIR HONEST
,
MEET
,
WORTHY
.
3.
(
$
, 5543), said of things, “that which is pleasant,” said of persons,
“kindly, gracious,” is rendered “good” in 1 Cor. 15:33, “goodness” in Rom. 2:4. See
EASY
.
: &
6
denotes “gay, bright,” “goodly” in Jas. 2:2,
KJV
, (
RV
, “fine”); in 2:3,
KJV
, “gay”; in Rev. 18:14 (
RV
, “sumptuous”). See
GORGEOUS
,
SUMPTUOUS
. For
,
“goodly,” Heb. 11:23,
RV
, see
BEAUTIFUL
. For
, Acts 18:18,
KJV
, “a good while”
see
WHILE
.
Note
(16).
B. Nouns.
1.
(
$
, 5544), akin to A, No. 3, denotes “goodness” (a) in the sense
of what is upright, righteous, Rom. 3:12 (translated “good”); (b) in the sense of kindness
of heart or act, said of God, Rom. 2:4; 11:22 (thrice); Eph. 2:7 (“kindness”); Titus 3:4
(“kindness”); said of believers and rendered “kindness,” 2 Cor. 6:6; Col. 3:12; Gal. 5:22
(
RV
;
KJV
, “gentleness”). It signifies “not merely goodness as a quality, rather it is
goodness in action, goodness expressing itself in deeds; yet not goodness expressing
itself in indignation against sin, for it is contrasted with severity in Rom. 11:22, but in
grace and tenderness and compassion.”* See
GENTLENESS
,
KINDNESS
.¶
* From
Notes on Galatians,
by Hogg and Vine, p. 292.