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טוֹב (H2896)

ṭôwb

tobe

from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

טוֹב n.m. a good thing, benefit, welfare
1 welfare, prosperity, happiness
2 good things
3 good = benefit
4 moral good
טוֹב adj. pleasant, agreeable, good
1 pleasant, agreeable to the senses
2 pleasant to the higher nature, giving pleasure, happiness, prosperity, and so agreeable, pleasing, well
3 good, excellent, of its kind
4 good, rich, valuable in estimation
5 good, appropriate, becoming
6 c. מִן compar. = better
7 of man's sensuous nature, glad, happy, prosperous
8 of man's intellectual nature, good understanding
9 good, kind, benign
10 good (ethical), right
טוֹבָה n.f. welfare, benefit, good things, good
1 welfare, prosperity, happiness
2 good things
3 bounty, good

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


517 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Job 9:25
    Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
  • Job 21:13
    They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
  • Job 21:25
    And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
  • Job 22:18
    Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Job 22:21
    Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
  • Job 30:26
    When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
  • Job 34:4
    Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
  • Job 36:11
    If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
  • Psalms 4:6
    There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Psalms 14:1
    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.