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. agathos (18) describes that which, being "good" in its character or constitution, is beneficial in its effect; it is used (a) of things physical, e. g., a tree, <Matt. 7:17>; ground, <Luke 8:8>; (b) in a moral sense, frequently of persons and things. God is essentially, absolutely and consummately "good," <Matt. 19:17; Mark 10:18; Luke 18:19>. To certain persons the word is appiied in <Matt. 20:15; 25:21,23; Luke 19:17; 23:50; John 7:12; Acts 11:24; Titus 2:5>; in a general application, <Matt. 5:45; 12:35; Luke 6:45; Rom. 5:7; 1 Pet. 2:18>.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
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