Goodness
ἀγαθωσύνηStrong’s G0019agathōsunē
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Agathōsunē is the Greek word usually translated “goodness”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:”
Meaning
Usually translated “goodness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of goodness 2
- goodness 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- Galatians 1
- Ephesians 1
- 2 Thessalonians 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 15:14And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- Ephesians 5:9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Greek dictionary
ἀγαθωσύνη agathōsunē · goodness
ἀγαθωσύνη (on the termination, see: ἁγιότης, and cf . WH, App., 152; MM, VGT, see word), -ης, ἡ (ἀγαθός), [in LXX for טוֹבָה, טוֹב, טוּב, only in Heb. bks. ;] goodness (representing "the kindlier, as δικαιοσύνη, the sterner element in the ideal character," AE, Eph., 5:9; on its relation to χρηστότης, see Tr., Syn., §lxiii): Rom.15:14, Gal.5:22, 2Th.1:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “goodness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOOD'NESS, noun
The state of being good; the physical qualities which constitute value, excellence or perfection; as the goodness of timber; the goodness of a soil.
- The moral qualities which constitute christian excellence; moral virtue; religion.“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness faith” Galatians 5:22
- Kindness; benevolence; benignity of heart; but more generally, acts of kindness; charity; humanity exercised.
- Kindness; benevolence of nature; mercy.“The Lord God--abundant in goodness and truth” Exodus 34:6
- Kindness; favor shown; acts of benevolence, compassion or mercy.“had done to Israel” Exodus 18:9
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.