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2.
$
(
"
, 19), “goodness,” signifies that moral quality which is
described by the adjective
(see A, No. 1). It is used, in the NT, of regenerate
persons, Rom. 15:14; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 5:9; 2 Thess. 1:11; in the last, the phrase “every
desire of goodness” (
RV
; the addition of “His” in the
KJV
is an interpolation; there is no
pronoun in the original) may be either subjective, i.e., desire characterized by
“goodness,” “good” desire, or objective, i.e., desire after “goodness,” to be and do good.¶
Trench, following Jerome, distinguishes between
and
$
in that
the former describes the kindlier aspects of “goodness,” the latter includes also the sterner
qualities by which doing “good” to others is not necessarily by gentle means. He
illustrates the latter by the act of Christ in cleansing the temple, Matt. 21:12, 13, and in
denouncing the scribes and Pharisees, 23:13-29; but
by His dealings with the
penitent woman, Luke 7:37-50. Lightfoot regards
as a kindly disposition
towards others;
$
as a kindly activity on their behalf.
J. A. Robertson (on Eph. 5:9) remarks that
$
is “the kindlier, as
$
(righteousness) the sterner, element in the ideal character.”
3.
$
(
' B
, 2140), “beneficence, doing good” (
$
, “well,”
, “to do”), is
translated as a verb in Heb. 13:16, “to do good.”¶
C. Adverbs.
1.
(
, 2573), “well, finely,” is used in some mss. in Matt. 5:44, with
,
“to do,” and translated “do good.” In Jas. 2:3 it is rendered “in a good place” (
KJV
marg.,
“well” or “seemly”). See
WELL
.
2.
$
(
'
, 2095), “well,” used with
, is translated “do … good” in Mark 14:7.
See
WELL
.
D. Verbs (to do, or be, good).
1.
(
!
, 15), from A, No. 1, and
, “to do,” is used (a) in a
general way, “to do well,” 1 Pet. 2:15, 20; 3:6, 17; 3 John 11; (b) with pointed reference
“to the benefit of another,” Luke 6:9, 33, 35; in Mark 3:4 the parts of the word are
separated in some mss. Some mss. have it in Acts 14:17, for No. 2.¶ Cf. the noun
, “well-doing,” 1 Pet. 4:19, and the adjective
, “doing well,” 1
Pet. 2:14.
2.
$
(
$ !
, 14), for
, “to do good” (from A, No. 1, and
, “a work”), is used in Acts 14:17 (in the best mss.; see No. 1), where it is said of
God’s beneficence towards man, and 1 Tim. 6:18, where it is enjoined upon the rich.¶
3.
$
(
' $ !
, 2109), “to bestow a benefit, to do good” (
$
, “well,” and a
verbal form akin to
), is used in Acts 10:38.¶
Notes:
(1) The verb
$
, “to be strong” (
$
, “strength”), “to have efficacy,
force or value,” is said of salt in Matt. 5:13, negatively, “it is good for nothing.” (2) In
Matt. 19:10,
KJV
,
$
, “to be profitable, expedient” (
$
, “together,”
, “to
bring”); is rendered with a negative “it is not good” (
RV
, “it is not expedient”). (3) In