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      • For "goodly castles" (Numbers 31:10) the Revised Version (British and American) has "encampments"; "goodly vessels" (2 Chronicles 32:27) for "pleasant jewels"; "goodly" is substituted for "good" (Psalms 45:1; Song of Solomon 1:3); "goodly things" for "all the goods" (Genesis 24:10); "goodly frame," the American Standard Revised Version for "comely proportion" (Job 41:12).
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  1. Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GOODLY. good'-li Tobh; kalos, lampros): In the Old Testament various words are translated "goodly," the most of them occurring only once; Tobh (the common word for "good") is several times translated "goodly," chiefly in the sense of form or appearance ...

  2. Bible Usage: good used 720 times. goodlier used once. goodliest used twice. goodly used 33 times. goodness used 50 times. goodness' used once. goods used 42 times. First Reference: Genesis 27:15.

  3. Genesis 24:10 - And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, having all goodly things of his master's in his hand. And he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

  4. Good, Goodly, Goodness [ A-1,Adjective,G18, agathos] 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, Matthew 7:17; ground, Luke 8:8; (b) in a moral sense, frequently of persons and things.

  5. Good, Goodly, Goodness: 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, Mat 7:17; ground, Luk 8:8; (b) in a moral sense, frequently of persons and things. God is essentially, absolutely and consummately "good," Mat 19:17; Mar 10:18; Luk 18:19.

  6. The meaning of Goodly in the Bible (From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) good'-li Tobh; kalos, lampros): In the Old Testament various words are translated "goodly," the most of them occurring only once; Tobh (the common word for "good") is several times translated "goodly," chiefly in the sense of form or appearance e.g "a goodley ...