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Lexicon :: Strong's H2895 - ṭôḇ

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טוֹב
Transliteration
ṭôḇ
Pronunciation
tobe
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 793

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: טוב.

Strong’s Definitions

טוֹב ṭôwb, tobe; a primitive root, to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense:—be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H2895 in the following manner: ...well (10x), good (9x), please (6x), goodly (2x), better (2x), cheer (1x), comely (1x), do (1x), pleased (with H5869) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H2895 in the following manner: ...well (10x), good (9x), please (6x), goodly (2x), better (2x), cheer (1x), comely (1x), do (1x), pleased (with H5869) (1x).

  1. to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be pleasant, be delightful

      2. to be glad, be joyful

      3. to be better

      4. to be well with, be good for

      5. to be pleasing

    2. (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טוֹב ṭôwb, tobe; a primitive root, to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense:—be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.
STRONGS H2895: Abbreviations
† I. טוֺב verb pleasing, good (Late Hebrew id., Hiph.; also derivatives; Arabic طابَ, medial ى, be pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet or savoury in taste or odour, be pure and clean, cheerful, gleeful (Lane); Aramaic BaEJ, BXJ, H2868 טְאֵב, טַב, טַיֵּב and especially derivatives glad, joyful; Assyrian ṭâbu, be good, kind, acceptable, joyful, vigorous DlHWB 299) —
Qal Perfect טוֺב Numbers 11:18 + 32 times; plural טֹבוּ Numbers 24:5; Songs 4:10; (Imperfect יִיטַב from יָטַב); Infinitive absolute טוֺב Judges 11:25; construct טוֺב Jeremiah 32:39 + 6 times, כְּטוֺב Judges 16:25 Qr (Kt כי טוב); Participle טוֺב Judges 11:25; 1 Samuel 2:26; (for these forms see Bö§ 1133, 4 SS under the word; Ges recognizes only Perfects and fewer of them than above. It is often difficult to decide between verb and adjective); —
1. be pleasant, delightful, of tents of Jacob Numbers 24:5 (J E; poetry); of caresses Songs 4:10 (followed by מִיַּיִן compare)
2. be glad, joyful טוֺב לֵב Judges 16:25 (Qr), 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Esther 1:10 (see טוּב 2c).
3. of rank, position, claim: הֲטוֺב טוֺב אתה מבלק Judges 11:25 art thou really better than Balak?
4. טוֺב לְ be well with, good for Numbers 11:18 (J), Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 15:16; Deuteronomy 19:13; 1 Samuel 16:16, 23; 2 Samuel 14:32; Psalm 119:71; Psalm 128:2; Jeremiah 22:15; so (that is לוֺ) Isaiah 3:10 it is well (with him); אז טוב Jeremiah 22:16 (compare Jeremiah 22:15); טוֺב אֶלֿ 1 Samuel 20:12 there is good toward David.
5. be pleasing טוֺב בְּעֵינֵי (see II. טוֺב 2 b c f) Numbers 24:1 (J) 2 Samuel 3:19, 36; 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Samuel 19:38; אִם טוֺב בְּעֵינֵי 1 Kings 21:2; Jeremiah 40:4, 4; Zechariah 11:12; later usage is אִם טוֺב עַל if it seem good unto (so Assyrian ṭâbu eli, be pleasing unto, DlHWB 300 a), 1 Chronicles 13:2; Nehemiah 2:5, 7; Esther 1:19; Esther 3:9; Esther 5:4, 8; Esther 7:3; Esther 8:5; Esther 9:13 (compare טוֺב adjective).
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הֱטִיבוֺתָ 2 Chronicles 6:8, הֱטִיבֹתָ 1 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 10:30; — do well, act right, followed by כִּי that 1 Kings 8:18 thou didst well, that it was in thine heart＝2 Chronicles 6:8; followed by infinitive with לְ 2 Kings 10:30 thou hast done well in performing what was right in mine eyes.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

11:18; 11:18; 24:1; 24:5; 24:5

Deuteronomy

5:30; 15:16; 19:13

Judges

11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 16:25; 16:25

1 Samuel

2:26; 16:16; 16:23; 20:12; 25:36

2 Samuel

3:19; 3:36; 13:28; 14:32; 15:26; 19:38

1 Kings

8:18; 8:18; 21:2

2 Kings

10:30; 10:30

1 Chronicles

13:2

2 Chronicles

6:8; 6:8

Nehemiah

2:5; 2:7

Esther

1:10; 1:19; 3:9; 5:4; 5:8; 7:3; 8:5; 9:13

Psalms

119:71; 128:2

Song of Songs

4:10; 4:10

Isaiah

3:10

Jeremiah

22:15; 22:15; 22:16; 32:39; 40:4; 40:4

Zechariah

11:12

H2895

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Strong's Number H2895 matches the Hebrew טוֹב (ṭôḇ),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:18 - “Say to the people, ‘Consecrate (separate as holy) yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept [in self-pity] in the ears of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For we were well-off in Egypt.” Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 -

When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to seek omens and signs [in the natural world], but he set his face toward the wilderness (desert).

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5 -

How fair are your tents, O Jacob,

And your tabernacles, O Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - “You shall walk [that is, live each and every day] in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long in the land which you will possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:16 - “Now if the servant says to you, ‘I will not leave you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is doing well with you;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - “Let our lord now command your servants who are here before you to find a man who plays skillfully on the harp; and when the evil spirit from God is on you, he shall play the harp with his hand, and you will be well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - So it came about that whenever the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul, David took a harp and played it with his hand; so Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would leave him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18 - “But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you did well, in that it was in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - The LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab in accordance with everything that was in My heart, [fn]your sons (descendants) shall sit on Israel’s throne to the fourth generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the LORD our God, let us send word everywhere to our fellow countrymen who remain in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, so that they may meet with us;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:8 - “But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Because it was [fn]in your heart to build a house for My Name, you did well that it was in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:5 - I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your presence, [I ask] that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, so that I may rebuild it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the provinces beyond the [Euphrates] River, so that they will allow me to pass through until I reach Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it pleases the king, let a royal command be issued by him and let it be written in the laws of the Persians and Medes so that it cannot be repealed or modified, that Vashti is [fn]no longer to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better and more worthy than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If it pleases the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - Esther said, “If it pleases the king, may the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to do as I request, may the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them; and tomorrow I will do as the king says [and express my request].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3 - Then Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be spared as my petition, and my people [be spared] as my request;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:68

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 -

You are good and do good;

Teach me Your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:4 -

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good

And to those who are upright in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 -

“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my [promised] bride!

How much better is your love than wine,

And the fragrance of your oils

Than all kinds of balsam and spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:41 - “I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - “Behold, you are to them like a love song by one who has a pleasant voice and plays well on a stringed instrument [merely to entertain them]; for they hear your words but do not practice them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11 - ‘I will multiply on you man and animal; and they will increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly, and I will do better [things] for you than at your beginning. Then you will know [with great confidence] that I am the LORD.
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