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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 24 · 27 word occurrences in this result

Romans 2:10
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 2:10 · retained source text

But glory, honour, and peace, to euery man that worketh good, to the Iew first, and also to the Gentile.

1611 marginal noteGr. Greeke

Romans 3:8
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 3:8 · retained source text

And not rather as wee be slanderously reported, and as some affirme that we say, Let vs doe euill, that good may come: whose damnation is iust.

Romans 3:12
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 3:12 · retained source text

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become vnprofitable, there is none that doeth good, no not one.

Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 5:7 · retained source text

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peraduenture for a good man, some would euen dare to dye.

Romans 7:13
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 7:13 · retained source text

Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God forbid. But sinne, that it might appeare sinne, working death in mee by that which is good: that sinne by the Commaundement might become exceeding sinfull.

Romans 7:16
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 7:16 · retained source text

If then I doe that which I would not, I consent vnto the Law, that it is good.

Romans 7:18
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 7:18 · retained source text

For I know, that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing. For to will is present with me: but how to performe that which is good, I find not.

Romans 7:19
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 7:19 · retained source text

For the good that I would, I do not: but the euill which I would not, that I doe.

Romans 7:21
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 7:21 · retained source text

I find then a Law, that when I would do good, euil is present with me.

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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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