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# good, goodness #
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## Definition: ##
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The word "good" has different meanings depending on the context. Many languages will use different words to translate these different meanings.
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* In general, something is good if it fits with God's character, purposes, and will.
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* Something that is "good" could be pleasing, excellent, helpful, suitable, profitable, or morally right.
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* Land that is "good" could be called "fertile" or "productive."
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* A "good" crop could be a "plentiful" crop.
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* A person can be "good" at what they do if they are skillful at their task or profession, as in, "a good farmer."
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* In the Bible, the general meaning of "good" is often contrasted with "evil."
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* The term "goodness" usually refers to being morally good or righteous in thoughts and actions.
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* The goodness of God refers to how he blesses people by giving them good and beneficial things. It also can refer to his moral perfection.
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## Translation Suggestions: ##
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* 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.
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* 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."
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* "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."
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* 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.
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* To "do good on the Sabbath" means to "do things that help others on the Sabbath."
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* Depending on the context, ways to translate the term "goodness" could include, "blessing" or "kindness" or "moral perfection" or "righteousness" or "purity."
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(See also: [evil](../kt/evil.md) **·** [holy](../kt/holy.md) **·** [profit](../other/profit.md) **·** [righteous](../kt/righteous.md), )
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## Bible References: ##
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* [Galatians 05:22-24](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gal/05/22)
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* [Genesis 01:11-13](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gen/01/11)
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* [Genesis 02:9-10](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gen/02/09)
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* [Genesis 02:15-17](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gen/02/15)
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* [James 03:13-14](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jas/03/13)
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* [Romans 02:3-4](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/rom/02/03)
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## Examples from the Bible stories: ##
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* __[01-04](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/01-04)__ God saw that what he had created was __good__.
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* __[01-11](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/01-11)__ God planted…the tree of the knowledge of __good__ and evil."
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* __[01-12](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/01-12)__ Then God said, "It is not __good__ for man to be alone."
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* __[02-04](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/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."
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* __[08-12](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/08-12)__"You tried to do evil when you sold me as a slave, but God used the evil for __good__!"
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* __[14-15](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/14-15)__ Joshua was a __good__ leader because he tTable of Contentsrusted and obeyed God.
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* __[18-13](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/18-13)__ Some of these kings were __good__ men who ruled justly and worshiped God.
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* __[28-01](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/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."
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