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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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καλῶς

Strong’s: G2573

Associated OET lemmas: καλῶς

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Related lemmas: καλός

Sense 1: good, fine, praiseworthy

Semantic entry: 88.4

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Goodness

Definition: pertaining to a positive moral quality, with the implication of being favorably valued

MAT 12:12: RV MAT 12:12 · LV MAT 12:12 · Read together MAT 12:12

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OET-RV MAT 12:12

12 Now a human is worth much more than a sheep, so then it must be permissible to do good on a rest day.”

OET-LV MAT 12:12

12 For/Because_how_much therefore a_human is_carrying_value than a_sheep?
So_then it_is_permitting to_be_doing good on_the days_of_rest.

LUK 6:27: RV LUK 6:27 · LV LUK 6:27 · Read together LUK 6:27

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OET-RV LUK 6:27

27 “But I’ll tell all of you who are listening: Love your enemies and be kind to those who hate you.

OET-LV LUK 6:27

27 But I_am_saying to_you_all to_the ones hearing, be_loving the enemies of_you_all, be_doing well to_the ones hating you_all,
All 13 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 12:12 · LV MAT 12:12 · Read together MAT 12:12

LUK: RV LUK 6:27 · LV LUK 6:27 · Read together LUK 6:27

ACT: RV ACT 10:33 · LV ACT 10:33 · Read together ACT 10:33

CO1: RV CO1 7:37–38 · LV CO1 7:37–38 · Read together CO1 7:37–38

CO2: RV CO2 11:4 · LV CO2 11:4 · Read together CO2 11:4

GAL: RV GAL 4:17 · LV GAL 4:17 · Read together GAL 4:17

PHP: RV PHP 4:14 · LV PHP 4:14 · Read together PHP 4:14

TI1: RV TI1 5:17 · LV TI1 5:17 · Read together TI1 5:17

HEB: RV HEB 13:18 · LV HEB 13:18 · Read together HEB 13:18

JAM: RV JAM 2:8 · RV JAM 2:19 · LV JAM 2:8 · LV JAM 2:19 · Read together JAM 2:8 · Read together JAM 2:19

JN3: RV JN3 1:6 · LV JN3 1:6 · Read together JN3 1:6

Sense 2: fine, well, good, excellent, well done

Semantic entry: 65.23

Semantic domains: Value

Subdomains: Good, Bad

Definition: pertaining to events which measure up to their intended purpose

Notes: In the 65.23: βελτίων / 65.23: εὖ / 65.23: εὖγε / 65.23: καλῶς contexts, βελτίων [source selector 000001][b], and εὖγε occur in highly elliptical constructions.

MRK 7:37: RV MRK 7:37 · LV MRK 7:37 · Read together MRK 7:37

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OET-RV MRK 7:37

37 The crowds were totally amazed, saying, “He can do anything—he makes the deaf able to hear, and enables those who couldn’t speak.”

OET-LV MRK 7:37

37 And they_were_being_ exceedingly _astonished saying:
He_has_done all things well, he_is_making both the deaf to_be_hearing and the_mute to_be_speaking.

MRK 12:32: RV MRK 12:32 · LV MRK 12:32 · Read together MRK 12:32

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OET-RV MRK 12:32

32 The teacher replied to Yeshua, “Yes, teacher, you’re quite right saying there’s only one God and no other,

OET-LV MRK 12:32

32 And the scribe said to_him:
Rightly, Teacher, in truth having_said, that He_is one, and there_is not another except him,
All 8 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 7:37 · RV MRK 12:32 · RV MRK 16:18 · LV MRK 7:37 · LV MRK 12:32 · LV MRK 16:18 · Read together MRK 7:37 · Read together MRK 12:32 · Read together MRK 16:18

LUK: RV LUK 6:26 · RV LUK 6:48 · LV LUK 6:26 · LV LUK 6:48 · Read together LUK 6:26 · Read together LUK 6:48

TI1: RV TI1 3:4 · RV TI1 3:12–13 · LV TI1 3:4 · LV TI1 3:12–13 · Read together TI1 3:4 · Read together TI1 3:12–13

Sense 3: accurate, correctly, right

Semantic entry: 72.12

Semantic domains: True, False

Subdomains: Accurate, Inaccurate

Definition: pertaining to being accurate and right, with a possible implication of being commendable

MAT 15:7: RV MAT 15:7 · LV MAT 15:7 · Read together MAT 15:7

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OET-RV MAT 15:7

7 You hypocrites! The prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) was right about you people when he wrote:

OET-LV MAT 15:7

7 Hypocrites.
Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊyāh) rightly prophesied concerning you_all saying,

MRK 7:6: RV MRK 7:6 · LV MRK 7:6 · Read together MRK 7:6

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OET-RV MRK 7:6

6 “Yeshayah (Isaiah) got it exactly right,” he answered, “when he expressed God’s thoughts about you hypocrites and wrote:
 ⇔ ‘These people honour me with their lips,
 ⇔ but their real desires are far away from me.

OET-LV MRK 7:6

6 And he answering said to_them:
Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊyāh) rightly prophesied concerning you_all the hypocrites, as it_has_been_written, that This the people is_honouring me with_the lips, but the heart of_them is_being_away far_away from me.
All 13 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 15:7 · LV MAT 15:7 · Read together MAT 15:7

MRK: RV MRK 7:6 · RV MRK 12:28 · RV MRK 12:32 · LV MRK 7:6 · LV MRK 12:28 · LV MRK 12:32 · Read together MRK 7:6 · Read together MRK 12:28 · Read together MRK 12:32

LUK: RV LUK 20:39 · LV LUK 20:39 · Read together LUK 20:39

JHN: RV JHN 4:17 · RV JHN 8:48 · RV JHN 13:13 · RV JHN 18:23 · LV JHN 4:17 · LV JHN 8:48 · LV JHN 13:13 · LV JHN 18:23 · Read together JHN 4:17 · Read together JHN 8:48 · Read together JHN 13:13 · Read together JHN 18:23

ACT: RV ACT 28:25 · LV ACT 28:25 · Read together ACT 28:25

ROM: RV ROM 11:20 · LV ROM 11:20 · Read together ROM 11:20

GAL: RV GAL 5:7 · LV GAL 5:7 · Read together GAL 5:7

PE2: RV PE2 1:19 · LV PE2 1:19 · Read together PE2 1:19

Sense 4: high, important, fine

Semantic entry: 87.25

Semantic domains: Status

Subdomains: High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]

Definition: pertaining to having high status, with the possible implication of its attractiveness

Notes: It is also possible that καλῶς in RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3 has the meaning of a polite invitation, translatable as ‘please!’ (see 33.177: καλῶς).

JAM 2:3: RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3

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OET-RV JAM 2:3

3 and you told the well-dressed one, ‘You sit here in this good chair,’ while telling the poor man, ‘You stand over here,’ or ‘You sit here on the mat,’

OET-LV JAM 2:3

3 and you_all_may_look_at on the one wearing the clothing the splendid, and you_all_may_say:
You be_sitting here good, and to_the poor you_all_may_say:
You stand there, or:
Be_sitting under the footstool of_me,

Sense 5: please

Semantic entry: 33.177

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Ask For, Request

Definition: a marker of polite request

Notes: For another interpretation of καλῶς in RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3, see 87.25: καλός / 87.25: καλῶς.

JAM 2:3: RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3

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OET-RV JAM 2:3

3 and you told the well-dressed one, ‘You sit here in this good chair,’ while telling the poor man, ‘You stand over here,’ or ‘You sit here on the mat,’

OET-LV JAM 2:3

3 and you_all_may_look_at on the one wearing the clothing the splendid, and you_all_may_say:
You be_sitting here good, and to_the poor you_all_may_say:
You stand there, or:
Be_sitting under the footstool of_me,

Sense 6: certainly, very well

Semantic entry: 78.21

Semantic domains: Degree

Subdomains: Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

Definition: a positive degree (and even more emphatic in the comparative form κάλλιον) with an implication of correctness

MRK 7:9: RV MRK 7:9 · LV MRK 7:9 · Read together MRK 7:9

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OET-RV MRK 7:9

9 “You all simply dismiss God’s commands in favour of your own customs, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) continued.

OET-LV MRK 7:9

9 And he_was_saying to_them:
You_all_are_rejecting well the command of_ the _god, in_order_that you_all_may_keep the tradition of_you_all.

CO1 14:17: RV CO1 14:17 · LV CO1 14:17 · Read together CO1 14:17

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OET-RV CO1 14:17

17 Yes, you’d certainly give thanks well, but the other people wouldn’t be encouraged.

OET-LV CO1 14:17

17 You for indeed well are_giving_thanks, but the other one not is_being_built.

Sense 7: to be well, to be healthy

Semantic entry: 23.129

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Health, Vigor, Strength

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have well) the state of being healthy, well (in contrast with sickness)

Notes: In a number of languages health is expressed only in terms of strength, for ‘to be well’ is ‘to be strong.’ In other languages, however, to be well or to be healthy is a negation of illness or sickness, so that in RV MRK 16:18 · LV MRK 16:18 · Read together MRK 16:18 one may translate ‘they will place their hands on those who are sick and these people will become not sick.’

Collocations: καλῶς ἔχω

MRK 16:18: RV MRK 16:18 · LV MRK 16:18 · Read together MRK 16:18

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OET-RV MRK 16:18

18 and they’ll be able to pick up snakes. If they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them, and they will place their hands on people and make them better.”

OET-LV MRK 16:18

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