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H2869טָב ṭâb — goodH2895טוֹב ṭôwb — to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest senseG2570καλός kalós — properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively)
good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance
or use, and thus distinguished from , which is properly
intrinsic)H3581כֹּחַ kôach — vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)H2428חַיִל chayil — probably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH5232נְכַס nᵉkaç — {treasure}
Verses(5+)
- VersePsalms 109:5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- VerseProverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
- VersePsalms 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
- VersePsalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
- VerseJob 30:26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
People(5+)
- PersonBarnabasThe Levite from Cyprus whom the apostles nicknamed son of encouragement; he vouched for Saul when nobody in Jerusalem would go near him, fetched him from Tarsus to Antioch, and…
- PersonRachelJacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who dies on the road to Bethlehem — later wept for in the prophets (Jer 31:15; Matt 2:18).
- PersonJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (Matt 1:3).
- PersonIsaiahEighth-century BCE prophet of Judah whose oracles make up the book of Isaiah; a central voice for messianic prophecy.
- PersonEnochThe seventh from Adam who “walked with God, and he was not; for God took him” — translated without death, a pattern of the resurrection (Heb 11:5).
Places(5+)
- PlaceMamreThe oaks where the LORD appeared to Abraham and the promise of Isaac and the plea for Sodom were spoken (Gen 18).
- PlaceNazarethGalilean hill town, home of Joseph and Mary and of Jesus' hidden years; "can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" — yet the Messiah was called a Nazarene.
- PlacePatmosSmall rocky island of the Aegean where John was exiled "for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus" and received the Revelation on the Lord's day.
- PlaceTroasThe port on the Aegean where Paul saw the vision of the man of Macedonia — and where the narrative of Acts slips for the first time into we.
- PlaceMiletusThe port where Paul, hurrying to Jerusalem, summoned the Ephesian elders for the farewell address that is the only speech in Acts delivered to a Christian audience.
Manuscripts(5)
- ManuscriptThe Cairo Geniza FragmentsA synagogue storeroom in Old Cairo that nobody emptied for nine hundred years — and roughly 200,000 pieces of writing came out of it.
- ManuscriptThe Oxyrhynchus Mark Fragment (P137)A scrap of Mark the size of a matchbox — famous for six years as a first-century discovery it turned out not to be.
- ManuscriptThe Rylands Fragment of John (P52)A scrap of John's Gospel about the size of a credit card, and for most of a century the oldest piece of the New Testament anyone had.
- ManuscriptThe Samuel Scroll from Cave 4 (4QSamᵃ)A Hebrew copy of Samuel that often agrees with the ancient Greek translation against the standard Hebrew — and answers a puzzle the English Bible had been carrying for centuries.
- ManuscriptThe Great Psalms Scroll (11Q5)Forty-odd psalms from Qumran — in a different order from your Bible, with extra poems mixed in.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH2869 טָב · ṭâb (Hebrew)good
- WordH2895 טוֹב · ṭôwb (Hebrew)to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
- WordG2570 καλός · kalós (Greek)properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from , which is properly…
- WordH3581 כֹּחַ · kôach (Hebrew)vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
- WordH2428 חַיִל · chayil (Hebrew)probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources
Concepts(2)
Themes(5)
- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeGraceGrace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…
- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
Topics(2)
Prophecies(5+)
- ProphecyPrayed for His PersecutorsThe Messiah would intercede for those who killed him.
- ProphecyEgypt's Desolation for 40 YearsEgypt would experience a 40-year period of desolation.
- ProphecyHis Zeal for God's HouseThe Messiah would burn with zeal for God's house.
- ProphecyBabylon's Stones Not Taken for BuildingJeremiah predicted that Babylon's massive stone masonry—the materials of Nebuchadnezzar's grand city—would never be recycled as building materials for other structures, an…
- ProphecySold for Thirty Pieces of SilverThe exact price of the betrayal was specified: thirty pieces of silver — the price of a slave under Mosaic law.
Apologetics(5+)
- ApologeticsThe Moral Argument for God's ExistenceJ. L. Mackie, the twentieth century's most formidable atheist philosopher, agreed that objective moral values would be entities of a very strange sort, utterly different from…
- ApologeticsThe Problem of Evil: Christian ResponsesJ. L. Mackie framed the logical problem of evil in Mind in 1955; in 1982 he conceded that Alvin Plantinga's free will defence had answered it, and the philosophical debate…
- ApologeticsOrigin of Life Probability ThresholdsEugene Koonin of the National Center for Biotechnology Information calculated the odds of a coupled replication-translation system arising by chance anywhere in the observable…
- ApologeticsNineveh's Total Obliteration Prophesied by NahumNahum predicted the 'utter end' of Nineveh including its specific mode of destruction by flood—fulfilled so completely that its location was unknown for 2,400 years until…
- ApologeticsTyre: Tracing Ezekiel 26 Verse by VerseEzekiel 26:3-14 names specific outcomes for Tyre. This entry traces each clause against Nebuchadnezzar's 13-year siege (c. 585-573 BCE) and Alexander's 332 BCE causeway - with…
Feature Pages(2)
Authors(5+)
- AuthorArnobius of SiccaArnobius taught rhetoric at Sicca Veneria, a town in the Roman province of Numidia in North Africa, in the years around AD 300. He was good at it and well known for it, and for…
- AuthorCommodianCommodian wrote Christian poetry in Latin for people who were never going to read a theologian. Two works survive. The *Instructions* is a set of eighty short poems, each one…
- AuthorAbba PoemenPoemen is the Greek word for shepherd, and the name stuck to him. He was born in Egypt late in the fourth century, one of seven brothers who all left the world together for the…
- AuthorFrancis ChanFrancis Chan is a pastor, author, and speaker known for his passionate call to radical discipleship and authentic Christian living. His book "Crazy Love" became a bestseller…
- AuthorFanny CrosbyFanny Crosby lost her sight as a baby to a doctor's botched treatment, and refused for the rest of her life to be pitied for it — she said the first face she ever saw would be…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceSirach 11:31For he lieth in wait, and turneth good into evil, and in things worthy praise will lay blame upon thee.
- Study resource2 Esdras 2:14Take heaven and earth to witness; for I have broken the evil in pieces, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord.
- Study resourceSirach 13:25The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil: and a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 18:9For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the…
- Study resourceSirach 12:5Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for else thou shalt receive twice…