Strong's Greek · G18
G18 agathós
ἀγαθός
ag-ath-os'
good
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agathós appears 101 times in Scripture, including Matthew 5:45 and Mark 10:18. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
In the King James Version
benefit, good(-s, things), well
Derivation
a primary word;
Appears 101 times in Scripture
““Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.”
“that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
“So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”
“You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”
“The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.”
“A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.”
“Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.”
“So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
