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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

καλός

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaκαλός
Citation formκαλός, ή, όν
Part of speechadjective
Glossbeautiful, good, worthy
Strong’sG2570
Transliterationkalós
Definitionproperly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from , which is properly intrinsic)
KJV glosses:--X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
Derivationof uncertain affinity
SBLGNT occurrences90

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
καλὰ
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Matthew 13:48
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Matthew 5:16
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — John 10:32
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Romans 12:17
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — 2 Corinthians 8:21
adjective, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----NPN-) — 1 Timothy 5:25
adjective, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----NPN-) — Titus 3:8
καλῇ
adjective, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Luke 8:15
καλὴν
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 13:23
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 13:8
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 4:20
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Timothy 1:18
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Timothy 3:7
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Timothy 6:12
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Timothy 6:13
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Timothy 1:14
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Hebrews 13:18
καλήν
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 4:8
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Peter 2:12
καλῆς
adjective, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 1 Timothy 4:6
adjective, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — James 3:13
κάλλιον
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----ASNC) — Acts 25:10
καλοὶ
adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — 1 Peter 4:10
καλοῖς
adjective, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Luke 21:5
adjective, dative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----DPN-) — 1 Timothy 5:10
adjective, dative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----DPN-) — 1 Timothy 6:18
καλὸν
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 3:10
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 7:19
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Luke 3:9
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — John 2:10
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — 1 Timothy 3:13
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — 1 Timothy 6:12
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — 1 Timothy 6:19
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — 2 Timothy 4:7
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Matthew 12:33
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Matthew 13:24
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Matthew 13:27
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Matthew 13:37
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Matthew 26:10
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Mark 14:6
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Luke 6:38
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 7:18
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 7:21
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 1 Corinthians 7:26
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 2 Corinthians 13:7
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Galatians 6:9
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 1 Thessalonians 5:21
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Hebrews 6:5
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — James 2:7
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — James 4:17
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Matthew 13:38
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Matthew 15:26
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Matthew 26:24
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 14:21
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 9:50
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Luke 6:43
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Romans 14:21
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Corinthians 5:6
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Corinthians 7:1
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Corinthians 7:26
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Corinthians 7:8
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Corinthians 9:15
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Galatians 4:18
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Timothy 2:3
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Hebrews 13:9
καλόν
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 12:33
adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Luke 6:43
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Matthew 17:4
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Matthew 18:8
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Matthew 18:9
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 7:27
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 9:42
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 9:43
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 9:45
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 9:47
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Mark 9:5
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Luke 9:33
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Timothy 4:4
Καλὸν
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Luke 14:34
καλός
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:11
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:14
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Romans 7:16
καλὸς
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:11
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 1 Timothy 1:8
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 1 Timothy 4:6
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 2 Timothy 2:3
καλοῦ
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — John 10:33
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — 1 Timothy 3:1
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — Hebrews 5:14
καλοὺς
adjective, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Matthew 13:45
adjective, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Matthew 7:17
adjective, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Matthew 7:18
καλῷ
adjective, dative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----DSN-) — Galatians 4:18
καλῶν
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — Titus 2:14
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — Titus 2:7
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — Titus 3:14
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — Titus 3:8
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — Hebrews 10:24
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — 1 Peter 2:12

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: καλος.