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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  2570 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 καλός  of uncertain affinity
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 kalos kal-os'
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Adjective 3:536,402
 Definition
 
  1. beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable
    1. beautiful to look at, shapely, magnificent
    2. good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends
      1. genuine, approved
      2. precious
      3. joined to names of men designated by their office, competent, able, such as one ought to be
      4. praiseworthy, noble
    3. beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life, and hence praiseworthy
      1. morally good, noble
    4. honourable, conferring honour
    5. affecting the mind agreeably, comforting and confirming
 Translated Words
 KJV (102) - better, 7; good, 83; goodly, 2; honest, 5; meet, 2; misc, 3;

NAS (95) - beautiful, 1; better, 2; commendable manner, 1; excellent, 1; fair, 1; fine, 2; good, 79; high, 1; honest, 1; honorable, 1; right thing, 1; sound, 1; treasure, 1; what is right, 2;

 Verse Count
KJVNAS
 
Matthew20
Mark11
Luke7
John5
Acts1
Romans5
1 Corinthians5
2 Corinthians2
Galatians2
1 Thessalonians1
1 Timothy15
2 Timothy3
Titus4
Hebrews5
James3
1 Peter2
 
Matthew20
Mark11
Luke7
John5
Romans5
1 Corinthians5
2 Corinthians2
Galatians2
1 Thessalonians1
1 Timothy14
2 Timothy3
Titus4
Hebrews5
James3
1 Peter2
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TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

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The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Kalos". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
<http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2570>.  

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