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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.

  • Psalms 35:12
    They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
  • Psalms 36:4
    He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Psalms 37:3
    Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
  • Psalms 37:16
    A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
  • Psalms 37:27
    Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
  • Psalms 38:20
    They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
  • Psalms 39:2
    I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
  • Psalms 45:1
    To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
  • Psalms 52:3
    Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
  • Psalms 52:9
    I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.