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Koine Greek wordlink #9023

SR GNT Mat 13:45 καλούς (kalous) ‘to a man merchant seeking beautiful pearls’ Strongs=25700 Lemma=kalos
Word role=adjective case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Seaside_Parables_and_Miracle

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Other uses (2) of identical word form καλούς (A-AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καλούς’ (A-AMP) has 2 different glosses: ‘beautiful’, ‘good’.

Mat 7:17 ‘tree good fruits good is producing the but’ SR GNT Mat 7:17 word 6

OET-LV: 17 Thus every good tree is _producing good fruits, but the bad tree is _producing evil fruits. (MAT_7:17)

OET-RV: 17 Similarly, every good tree produces good fruit, but the bad tree produces evil fruit. (MAT 7:17)

Mat 7:18 ‘a tree bad fruits good to_be producing’ SR GNT Mat 7:18 word 13

OET-LV: 18 A_ good _tree is_ not _able to _bear evil fruits, nor a_ bad _tree to _be _producing good fruits. (MAT_7:18)

OET-RV: 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. (MAT 7:18)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kalos’ have 13 different glosses: ‘a good’, ‘a good thing’, ‘the good’, ‘of a good’, ‘of good’, ‘to good’, ‘Beautiful’, ‘beautiful’, ‘better’, ‘good’, ‘good is’, ‘good it_is’, ‘good things’.

Greek words (5) other than καλούς (A-AMP) with a gloss related to ‘beautiful’

MAT 23:27 ὡραῖοι (hōraioi) S-NMP Lemma=hōraios ‘outwardly on_one_hand are appearing beautiful inside on_the_other_hand they are being_full’ SR GNT Mat 23:27 word 19

OET-LV: 27 Woe to _you _all, scribes and Farisaios_party, hypocrites. Because you _all _are _being _like to _tombs having _been _whitewashed, which on _one _hand are _appearing beautiful outwardly, on _the _other _hand inside they _are _being _full of _bones of_the_dead and of _all impurity. (MAT_23:27)

OET-RV: 27 “You religious teachers and Pharisees are hypocrites and will have a bad end because you are like whitewashed tombs. On the outside they might look nice, but the inside is full of the bones of the dead and all kinds of impurities, (MAT 23:27)

MAT 26:10 καλόν (kalon) A-ANS ‘women a work for beautiful she did to me’ SR GNT Mat 26:10 word 14

OET-LV: 10 But the Yaʸsous having _known, said to _them: Why are _you _all _bringing _about troubles to _the women? For/Because she _did a_ beautiful _work to me. (MAT_26:10)

OET-RV: 10 But Yeshua knew what they were saying and responded, “Why are you all causing problems for this woman, because she did something beautiful for me. (MAT 26:10)

ACTs 7:20 ἀστεῖος (asteios) S-NMS Lemma=asteios ‘Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) and he was beautiful to god who was brought_up’ SR GNT Acts 7:20 word 9

OET-LV: 20 In that time Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) was _born, and he _was beautiful to_ the _god, who was _brought _up three months in the house of _the father. (ACT_7:20)

OET-RV: 20 Mosheh was born during that time and God considered him beautiful. He spent three months in his own father’s house (ACT 7:20)

ROM 10:15 ὡραῖοι (hōraioi) S-NMP Lemma=hōraios ‘as it has_been written how beautiful are the feet of the ones’ SR GNT Rom 10:15 word 13

OET-LV: 15 And how they _may _proclaim if not they _may _be _sent _out? As it _has _been _written: How beautiful are the feet of _the ones good _message _preaching good things. (ROM_10:15)

OET-RV: 15 And who would be there preaching if no one was sent out just like it’s been written: ‘It’s so wonderful that these people came and preached the good message.’? (ROM 10:15)

HEB 11:23 ἀστεῖον (asteion) S-ANS Lemma=asteios ‘of him because they saw beautiful the little_child was and’ SR GNT Heb 11:23 word 14

OET-LV: 23 By _faith Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh), having _been _born, was _hidden for _three _month by the fathers of _him, because they _saw beautiful the little _child was, and not they _were _afraid of _the edict of _the king. (HEB_11:23)

OET-RV: 23 By faith when Mosheh was born, his parents hid him for three months when they saw how he was such a beautiful baby, and they weren’t afraid to disobey the king’s ruling. (HEB 11:23)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMP=accusative,masculine,plural ANS=accusative,neuter,singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular