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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

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  • Proverbs 13:2
    A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
  • Proverbs 13:15
    Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
  • Proverbs 13:21
    Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
  • Proverbs 13:22
    A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
  • Proverbs 14:14
    The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
  • Proverbs 14:19
    The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
  • Proverbs 14:22
    Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
  • Proverbs 15:3
    The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
  • Proverbs 15:15
    All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
  • Proverbs 15:16
    Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.