KJV dictionary & concordance
Attractive, beautiful, comely, pleasing, desirable, fine, choice, noble, valuable, or impressive in appearance or quality.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 27:15
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And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
And Rebekah tooke goodly raiment of her eldest sonne Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them vpon Iacob her yonger sonne:
1611 marginal noteHebr. desireable.
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
And he left all that he had, in Iosephs hand: and he knew not ought he had, saue the bread which he did eate: and Ioseph was a goodly person, and well fauoured.
¶ Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
¶ Naphtali is a hinde let loose: He giueth goodly words.
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
And the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne: and when shee saw him that hee was a goodly childe, shee hid him three moneths.
1611 marginal noteActs 7.20. heb. 11.23.
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
And a miter of fine linnen, and goodly bonnets of fine linnen, and linnen breeches of fine twined linnen,
1611 marginal noteChap. 28.42.
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughes of goodly trees, branches of Palme trees, and the boughes of thicke trees, and willowes of the brooke, and yee shall reioyce before the LORD your God seuen dayes.
1611 marginal noteHeb. fruit.
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Iacob, and thy Tabernacles, O Israel!
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles with fire:
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
I pray thee let me goe ouer, and see the good land that is beyond Iordan, that goodly mountaine and Lebanon.
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
And it shall be when the LORD thy God shall haue brought thee into the land which hee sware vnto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Iacob to giue thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
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Excellently. GOOD'LY, adjective Being of a handsome form; beautiful; graceful; as a goodly person; goodly raiment; goodly houses. 1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable; as goodly days. 2. Bulky; swelling; affectedly turgid.
