KJV dictionary & concordance

goodly

Meaning of “goodly”

Attractive, beautiful, comely, pleasing, desirable, fine, choice, noble, valuable, or impressive in appearance or quality.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

33 occurrences33 verses21 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 27:15

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2 Chronicles 36:10

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And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:10 · retained source text

And when the yeere was expired, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother, king ouer Iudah and Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHebr. at the returne of the yeere.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vessels of desire.

1611 marginal noteOr, Mattaniah, 2.kin. 24.17. ier. 37.1.

2 Chronicles 36:19

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And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:19 · retained source text

And they burnt the house of God, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

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Genesis 27:15 Joshua 7:21 1 Samuel 9:2 1 Samuel 16:12 Job 39:13 Jeremiah 3:19 Hosea 10:1 Zechariah 11:13 Revelation 18:14 1 Samuel 16:18 Leviticus 23:40 Deuteronomy 6:10 2 Samuel 23:21 Ezekiel 17:8 Zechariah 10:3

Historical English dictionary sources

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Webster 1828

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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.

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