Topic
Goodly
24 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 24:10ISBE
¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
- Genesis 39:6ISBE
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
- Exodus 2:2ISBE
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
- Exodus 39:28ISBE
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
- Numbers 31:10ISBE
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
- Deuteronomy 3:25ISBE
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
- 2 Samuel 23:21ISBE
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
- 2 Chronicles 32:27ISBE
¶ And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
- Job 39:13ISBE
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- Job 41:12ISBE
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
- Psalms 16:6ISBE
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
- Psalms 45:1ISBE
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
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- Psalms 80:10 ISBE
- Song of Songs 1:3 ISBE
- Ezekiel 17:23 ISBE
- Zechariah 10:3 ISBE
- Judith 8:7 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 9:16 ISBE
- 1 Esdras 4:18 ISBE
- Matthew 13:45 ISBE
- Luke 21:5 ISBE
- Hebrews 11:23 ISBE
- James 2:2 ISBE
- Revelation 18:14 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 24 references
good'-li Tobh; kalos, lampros): In the Old Testament various words are translated "goodly," the most of them occurring only once; Tobh (the common word for "good") is several times translated "goodly," chiefly in the sense of form or appearance e.g "a goodley child" (Ex 2:2); "that goodly mountain" (De 3:25); yapheh ("fair") is similarly translated in Ge 39:6, the Revised Version (British and American) "comely," and mar'oh in 2Sa 23:21. Other words, such as 'addir imply excellence, honor, etc., e.g. Eze 17:23, "bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar"; hodh, "his goodly horse" (Zec 10:3); others imply beauty, ornament, such as peer "goodly bonnets," the Revised Version (British and American) "headtires" (Ex 39:28); shaphar ("bright," "fair"), "a goodly heritage" (Ps 16:6); once 'El ("God of might") is employed, the Revised Version (British and American) "cedars of God," margin "goodly cedars" (Ps 80:10); renanim ("joyous soundings or shoutings") is translated in Job 39:13 "goodly wings," probably from the sound made in flying or flapping; the English Revised Version has "The wing of the ostrich rejoiceth," the American Standard Revised Version (wings) "wave proudly." For "goodly castles" (Nu 31:10) the Revised Version (British and American) has "encampments"; "goodly vessels" (2Ch 32:27) for "pleasant jewels"; "goodly" is substituted for "good" (Ps 45:1; So 1:3); "goodly things" for "all the goods" (Ge 24:10); "goodly frame," the American Standard Revised Version for "comely proportion" (Job 41:12).
In the New Testament kalos ("beautiful") is translated "goodly" in Mt 13:45, "goodly pearls" and Lu 21:5 "goodly stones"; lampros ("bright") in Jas 2:2, "goodly apparel," the Revised Version (British and American) "fine clothing," and Re 18:14, "dainty and goodly" the Revised Version (British and American) "dainty and sumptuous." In Heb 11:23, the Revised Version (British and American) ~bstitutes "goodly" for "proper."
"Goodly" occurs in Apocrypha, 1 Esdras 4:18; Judith 8:7 (horaios); 2 Macc 9:16, "goodly gifts," kallistos, the Revised Version (British and American) "goodliest."
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.