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good

Meaning of “good”

Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:4

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Showing verses 1–10 of 33 · 37 word occurrences in this result

Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:22 · retained source text

For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me, they are sottish children, and they haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe good they haue no knowledge.

Jeremiah 5:25
¶ Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:25 · retained source text

¶ Your iniquities haue turned away these things, & your sinnes haue withholden good things from you.

Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 6:16 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the wayes and see, and aske for the old paths, where is the good way, and walke therein, and ye shall finde rest for your soules: but they said, We will not walke therein.

1611 marginal noteIsa. 8.20. mal.4.4. luk.16.29.

1611 marginal noteMat.11.29.

Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:15 · retained source text

We looked for peace, but no good came: and for a time of health, and behold trouble.

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.16.

Jeremiah 10:5
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 10:5 · retained source text

They are vpright as the palme tree, but speake not: they must needes bee borne, because they cannot goe: be not afraid of them, for they cannot doe euil, neither also is it in them to doe good.

1611 marginal notePsa.115.5.

1611 marginal noteIsa.46.1, 7.

1611 marginal noteIsa.41.28.

Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:10 · retained source text

This euill people which refuse to heare my words, which walke in the imagination of their heart, and walke after other Gods to serue them and to worship them, shall euen be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

1611 marginal noteOr, stubburnnesse.

Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:23 · retained source text

Can the Ethiopian change his skinne? or the leopard his spots? then may ye also doe good, that are accustomed to doe euill.

1611 marginal noteHeb. taught.

Jeremiah 14:11
Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:11 · retained source text

Then said the LORD vnto mee, Pray not for this people, for their good.

1611 marginal noteCha.7.16. and 11.14. exod. 32.10

Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:19 · retained source text

Hast thou vtterly reiected Iudah? hath thy soule loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten vs, and there is no healing for vs? we looked for peace, and there is no good, and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.

1611 marginal noteChap. 8.15.

Jeremiah 17:6
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:6 · retained source text

For hee shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good commeth, but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse, in a salt land and not inhabited.

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Where “good” appears

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Genesis45 occurrences
43 verses
Exodus7 occurrences
7 verses
Leviticus7 occurrences
6 verses
Numbers7 occurrences
6 verses
Deuteronomy31 occurrences
29 verses
Joshua14 occurrences
13 verses
Judges7 occurrences
7 verses
Ruth1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Samuel22 occurrences
21 verses
2 Samuel22 occurrences
19 verses
1 Kings14 occurrences
13 verses
2 Kings10 occurrences
7 verses
1 Chronicles12 occurrences
11 verses
2 Chronicles15 occurrences
14 verses
Ezra8 occurrences
8 verses
Nehemiah11 occurrences
10 verses
Esther6 occurrences
6 verses
Job14 occurrences
14 verses
Psalms63 occurrences
59 verses
Proverbs43 occurrences
43 verses
Ecclesiastes25 occurrences
21 verses
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
2 verses
Isaiah18 occurrences
14 verses
Jeremiah37 occurrences
33 verses
Lamentations4 occurrences
4 verses
Ezekiel9 occurrences
8 verses
Daniel1 occurrence
1 verse
Hosea2 occurrences
2 verses
Amos3 occurrences
3 verses
Micah5 occurrences
5 verses
Nahum2 occurrences
2 verses
Zephaniah1 occurrence
1 verse
Zechariah2 occurrences
2 verses
Malachi2 occurrences
2 verses
Matthew42 occurrences
34 verses
Mark13 occurrences
12 verses
Luke32 occurrences
26 verses
John11 occurrences
9 verses
Acts17 occurrences
17 verses
Romans27 occurrences
24 verses
1 Corinthians6 occurrences
5 verses
2 Corinthians4 occurrences
4 verses
Galatians4 occurrences
3 verses
Ephesians7 occurrences
7 verses
Philippians5 occurrences
5 verses
Colossians1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Thessalonians5 occurrences
4 verses
2 Thessalonians3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Timothy23 occurrences
19 verses
2 Timothy6 occurrences
6 verses
Titus11 occurrences
10 verses
Philemon1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews12 occurrences
12 verses
James5 occurrences
5 verses
1 Peter9 occurrences
8 verses
1 John1 occurrence
1 verse
3 John3 occurrences
2 verses

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