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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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720 occurrences655 verses57 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:4

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Showing verses 531–540 of 655 · 720 word occurrences in this result

Acts 23:11
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 23:11 · retained source text

And the night folowing, the Lord stood by him, and saide, Bee of good cheere, Paul: for as thou hast testified of mee in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.

Acts 27:22
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:22 · retained source text

And now I exhort you to be of good cheere: for there shall be no losse of any mans life among you, but of the shippe.

Acts 27:25
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:25 · retained source text

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheere: for I beleeue God, that it shall be euen as it was tolde me.

Acts 27:36
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:36 · retained source text

Then were they all of good cheere, and they also tooke some meat.

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.

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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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