Lexical Summary agathōsynē: to do good Original Word: ἀγαθωσύνηTransliteration: agathōsynē Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ath-o-soo'-nay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: to do good Meaning: to do good Strong's Concordance goodness. From agathos; goodness, i.e. Virtue or beneficence -- goodness. see GREEK agathos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 19: ἀγαθωσύνηἀγαθωσύνη, (ης, ἡ (on its formation see Winers Grammar, 95 (90); WHs Appendix, p. 152), found only in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings, uprightness of heart and life (A. V. goodness): 2 Thessalonians 1:11; Galatians 5:22 (unless here it denote kindness, beneficence); Romans 15:14; Ephesians 5:9. (Cf. Trench, § lxiii.; Ellicott and Lightfoot on Galatians, the passage cited.) |
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