# good, right, pleasant, better, best

## Definition:

The term “good” generally refers to a positive evaulation of the quality of something or someone, often in a moral or emotional sense. However, the term conveys various nuances throughout the Bible depending on the context.

* Something that is “good” could be emotionally pleasant, morally right, excellent, helpful, suitable, or profitable.
* In the Bible, the general meaning of “good” is often contrasted with “evil.”

## Translation Suggestions:

* The general term for “good” in the target language should be used wherever this general meaning is accurate and natural, especially in contexts where it is contrasted to evil.
* Depending on the context, other ways to translate this term could include “kind” or “excellent” or “pleasing to God” or “righteous” or “morally upright” or “profitable.”
* “Good land” could be translated as “fertile land” or “productive land”; a “good crop” could be translated as a “plentiful harvest” or “large amount of crops.”
* The phrase “do good to” means to do something that benefits others and could be translated as “be kind to” or “help” or “benefit” someone or “cause someone to prosper.”
* To “do good on the Sabbath” means to “do things that help others on the Sabbath.”
* Depending on the context, ways to translate the term “goodness” could include “blessing” or “kindness” or “moral perfection” or “righteousness” or “purity.”

(See also: [righteous](../kt/righteous.md), [prosper](../other/prosper.md), [evil](../kt/evil.md))

## Bible References:

* [Galatians 5:22-24](rc://en/tn/help/gal/05/22)
* [Genesis 1:12](rc://en/tn/help/gen/01/12)
* [Genesis 2:9](rc://en/tn/help/gen/02/09)
* [Genesis 2:17](rc://en/tn/help/gen/02/17)
* [James 3:13](rc://en/tn/help/jas/03/13)
* [Romans 2:4](rc://en/tn/help/rom/02/04)

## Examples from the Bible stories:

* __[1:4](rc://en/tn/help/obs/01/04)__ God saw that what he had created was __good__.
* __[1:11](rc://en/tn/help/obs/01/11)__ God planted the tree of the knowledge of __good__ and evil.
* __[1:12](rc://en/tn/help/obs/01/12)__ Then God said, “It is not __good__ for man to be alone.”
* __[2:4](rc://en/tn/help/obs/02/04)__ “God just knows that as soon as you eat it, you will be like God and will understand __good__ and evil like he does.”
* __[8:12](rc://en/tn/help/obs/08/12)__ “You tried to do evil when you sold me as a slave, but God used the evil for __good__!”
* __[14:15](rc://en/tn/help/obs/14/15)__ Joshua was a __good__ leader because he trusted and obeyed God.
* __[18:13](rc://en/tn/help/obs/18/13)__ Some of these kings were __good__ men who ruled justly and worshiped God.
* __[28:1](rc://en/tn/help/obs/28/01)__ “__Good__ teacher, what must I do to have eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me ‘__good__?’ There is only one who is __good__, and that is God.”

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H117, H145, H155, H202, H239, H410, H1580, H1926, H1935, H2532, H2617, H2623, H2869, H2895, H2896, H2898, H3190, H3191, H3276, H3474, H3788, H3966, H4261, H4399, H5232, H5750, H6287, H6643, H6743, H7075, H7368, H7399, H7443, H7999, H8231, H8232, H8233, H8389, H8458, G14, G15, G18, G19, G515, G744, G865, G979, G1380, G2095, G2097, G2106, G2107, G2108, G2109, G2114, G2115, G2133, G2140, G2162, G2163, G2174, G2293, G2565, G2567, G2570, G2573, G2887, G2986, G3140, G3617, G3776, G4147, G4632, G4674, G4851, G5223, G5224, G5358, G5542, G5543, G5544