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), Łk 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), Mt 13,48 σπέρμα, Mt 13,24.27.37.38; καρπός, Mt 3,10; 7,17-19; 12,33, Łk 3,9 [WH] 6:43; δένδρον (opposite to σαρπόν), Mt 12,33, Łk 6,43; γῆ, Mt 13,8.23 Mk 4,8.20 Łk 8,15; τ. ἅλας, Mk 9,50, Łk 14,34; ὁ νόμος, Rz 7,16, 1 Tm 1,8; διδασκαλία, 1 Tm 4,6 καρδία κ. καὶ ἀγαθή, Łk 8,15 παραθήκη, 2 Tm 1,14 μέτρον, Łk 6,38 βαθμός, 1 Tm 3,13 θεμέλιος, 1 Tm 6,19 τὸ κ., 1 Tes 5,21 μαργαρίται, Mt 13,45 οἶνος, J 2,10 ποιμήν, J 10,11.14; διάκονος, 1 Tm 4,6 οἰκονόμος, 1 P 4,10 στρατιώτης, 2 Tm 2,3 στρατεία, 1 Tm 1,18 ἀγών, 1 Tm 6,12, 2 Tm 4,7; ὁμολογία, 1 Tm 6,12.13; ἔργον, Mt 26,10, Mk 14,6, J 10,33, 1 Tm 3,1; pl., J 10,32 καλόν, with inf. and dative, Mt 18,8, 9 1 Kor 7,1.26; 9,15; id. with accusative and inf., Mt 17,4, Mk 9,5.43.45.47, Łk 9,33, Hbr 13,9; before εἰ, Mt 26,24, Mk 9,42; 14,21; ἐάν, 1 Kor 7,8 3. Ethically, good, in the sense of right, fair, noble, honourable: Ga 4,18, Hbr 5,14; ἔργα, Mt 5,16, 1 Tm 5,10.25; 6,18, Tt 2,7.14; 3,8.14 (Field, Notes, 223f.), Hbr 10,24, 1 P 2,12; ἀναστροφή, Jk 3,13, 1 P 2,12; συνείδησις, Hbr 13,18 before ἐνώπιον, Rz 12,17, 2 Kor 8,21, 1 Tm 2,3; το] κ. ποιεῖν (κατεργάζεσθαι), Rz 7,18.21 2 Kor 13,7, Ga 6,9, Jk 4,17; καλόν ἐστιν, with inf., Mt 15,26 (T, ἔξεστιν), Mk 7,27, Rz 14,21, Ga 4,18; μαρτυρία, 1 Tm 3,7 ὄνομα, Jk 2,7 καύχημα, 1 Kor 5,6 (neg.); θεοῦ ῥῆμα, Hbr 6,5 κ. does not occur in Re.† SYN.: see: ἀγαθός. (AS)