- Transliteration: Kalos

- Phonetic: kal-os'

- Definition:

1. beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable

a. beautiful to look at, shapely, magnificent

b. good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends

1. genuine, approved

2. precious

3. joined to names of men designated by their office, competent, able, such as one ought to be

4. praiseworthy, noble

c. beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life, and hence praiseworthy

1. morally good, noble

d. honourable, conferring honour

e. affecting the mind agreeably, comforting and confirming

- Origin: of uncertain affinity

- TDNT entry: 11:56,4

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; properly beautiful but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally) that is valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use and thus distinguished from G18" class="dictionary-topic-link">G18 which is properly intrinsic): - X better fair good (-ly) honest meet well worthy.