ΚΑΛΩΝ, καλων
KALŌN, kalōn
Sounds Like: kah-LON
Translations: good, beautiful, noble, excellent, right, of good, of beautiful, of noble, of excellent, a good thing, a beautiful thing, a noble thing, an excellent thing
From the root: ΚΑΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning good, beautiful, noble, or excellent. It describes the quality or nature of something or someone. It can refer to moral goodness, physical beauty, or high quality. It is used to modify nouns, agreeing with them in gender, number, and case.
Inflection: Masculine, Genitive, Plural; or Neuter, Nominative, Singular; or Neuter, Accusative, Singular
Strong’s number: G2570 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 146:4
- Proverbs — 31:11
- Isaiah — 41:4, 46:11
- 1 Thessalonians — 5:24
- Titus — 2:7, 2:14, 3:8, 3:14
- 1 Peter — 2:12
- 2 Peter — 1:10
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:11
- Book 3 — 6:128
- Book 5 — 10:349
- Book 6 — 4:46, 6:98, 14:343
- Book 7 — 10:246
- Book 8 — 6:158
- Book 10 — 11:259
- Book 15 — 2:21, 8:296
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 7:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:14
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 115:6, 139:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 41:35, 44:4
- Joshua — 21:45
- 1 Samuel — 26:14
- Psalms — 34:12, 146:4
- Proverbs — 29:29
- Isaiah — 41:4, 45:3, 46:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚἈΛΛΩΣ — well, beautifully, rightly, excellently, in a good way
- ΚΑΛ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, right, a good, a beautiful, a noble, an excellent, a right
- ΚΑΛʼΛΙΟΝΑ — better, more beautiful, more noble, more excellent
- ΚΑΛΑ — good, well, beautiful, excellent, right, proper, good things
- ΚΑΛΑΙ — good, beautiful, excellent, fine
- ΚΑΛΑΣ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, fine, honorable, right
- ΚΑΛΗ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, a good one, a beautiful one
- ΚΑΛΗΝ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, a good, a beautiful, a noble, an excellent
- ΚΑΛΗΣ — of good, of beautiful, of noble, of fine, of excellent, of right
- ΚΑΛΛ — beautiful, good, noble, excellent, fair, handsome, lovely, virtuous, honorable, well, to make beautiful, to be beautiful
- ΚΑΛΛΕΑ — beautiful, good, noble, excellent, fair, lovely, honorable, beautiful things, good things, noble things
- ΚΑΛΛΙ — more beautiful, more excellent, better, more noble, fairer
- ΚΑΛΛΙΟΝ — better, more beautiful, more excellent, more noble, more advantageous
- ΚΑΛΛΙΟΝΑ — better, more beautiful, nobler, more excellent, better things, more beautiful things
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΑ — best, most beautifully, most excellently, finest, most noble, most good
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΑΙΣ — most beautiful, most excellent, most noble, most good, most fair
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΑΣ — most beautiful, most excellent, best, noblest, fairest
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗ — most beautiful, a most beautiful, fairest, a fairest, most excellent, a most excellent, best, a best
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΝ — most beautiful, a most beautiful, most excellent, a most excellent, most noble, a most noble, fairest, a fairest, best, a best
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ — of the most beautiful, of the fairest, of the best
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΟΙ — most beautiful, most excellent, most noble, best
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΟΙΣ — to the most beautiful, for the most beautiful, to the finest, for the finest, to the best, for the best
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΟΝ — most beautiful, finest, best, a most beautiful thing, the most beautiful thing
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΟΣ — most beautiful, finest, best, a most beautiful, a finest, a best
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΟΥ — of the most beautiful, of the finest, of the noblest, of the best
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΟΥΣ — most beautiful, best, finest, the most beautiful ones, the best ones
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΩ — most beautiful, fairest, best, most excellent, a most beautiful, the most beautiful
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΩΝ — of the most beautiful, of the best, of the noblest
- ΚΑΛΛΙΩΝ — better, more beautiful, more excellent, a better, a more beautiful, a more excellent
- ΚΑΛΛΩΣ — well, rightly, honorably, beautifully, properly, fittingly, commendably
- ΚΑΛΟ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, a good thing
- ΚΑΛΟΙ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, fair, right, virtuous
- ΚΑΛΟΙΗ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, right, a good, a beautiful, a noble, an excellent, a right
- ΚΑΛΟΙΣ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, fair, fine, a good, a beautiful, a noble, a fine
- ΚΑΛΟΝ — good, beautiful, noble, right, fitting, a good thing, a beautiful thing
- ΚΑΛΟΣ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, right, proper, a good, a beautiful, a noble, an excellent, a right, a proper
- ΚΑΛΟΥΣ — good, beautiful, noble, fine, excellent, fair
- ΚΑΛΟΥΤΟΣ — good, beautiful, noble, excellent, a good one, a beautiful one
- ΚΑΛΩΣ — well, rightly, properly, honorably, commendably
- ΚΑΛ‾Η‾ — good, a good, beautiful, a beautiful, noble, a noble, excellent, an excellent, fine, a fine, fair, a fair
- ΚΑΛ‾Η‾ΘΑ — we are well, we are good, we are doing well
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΕΣ — very beautiful, exceedingly beautiful, most beautiful
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ — most beautiful, most excellent, most splendid, most glorious
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