International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Goodly

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Goodly


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good´li טוב, ṭobh; καλός, kalós, λαμπρός, lamprós): In the Old Testament various words are translated “goodly,” the most of them occurring only once; ṭōbh (the common word for “good”) is several times translated “goodly,” chiefly in the sense of form or appearance e.g “a goodley child” (); “that goodly mountain” (); yāpheh (“fair”) is similarly translated in , the Revised Version (British and American) “comely,” and mar'eh in . Other words, such as 'addı̄r imply excellence, honor, etc., e.g. , “bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar”; hōdh, “his goodly horse” (); others imply beauty, ornament, such as pe'ēr “goodly bonnets,” the Revised Version (British and American) “headtires” (); shāphar (“bright,” “fair”), “a goodly heritage” (); once 'Ēl (“God of might”) is employed, the Revised Version (British and American) “cedars of God,” margin “goodly cedars” (); renānı̄m (“joyous soundings or shoutings”) is translated in “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” () the Revised Version (British and American) has “encampments”; “goodly vessels” () for “pleasant jewels”; “goodly” is substituted for “good” (; ); “goodly things” for “all the goods” (); “goodly frame,” the American Standard Revised Version for “comely proportion” ().

In the New Testament kalos (“beautiful”) is translated “goodly” in , “goodly pearls” and “goodly stones”; lampros (“bright”) in , “goodly apparel,” the Revised Version (British and American) “fine clothing,” and , “dainty and goodly” the Revised Version (British and American) “dainty and sumptuous.” In , the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes “goodly” for “proper.”

“Goodly” occurs in Apocrypha, 1 Esdras 4:18; Judith 8:7 (hōraı́os); 2 Macc 9:16, “goodly gifts,” kállistos, the Revised Version (British and American) “goodliest.”