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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 15:17
    Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
  • Proverbs 15:23
    A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
  • Proverbs 15:30
    The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
  • Proverbs 16:8
    Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
  • Proverbs 16:16
    How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
  • Proverbs 16:19
    Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
  • Proverbs 16:20
    He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
  • Proverbs 16:29
    A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
  • Proverbs 16:32
    He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
  • Proverbs 17:1
    Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.