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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 BoxNum 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:18 - And to the people thou shalt say, Purify yourselves for the morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye wept before the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it [fn]was well with us in Egypt: and the Lord shall allow you to eat flesh, and ye shall eat flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5 - How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - according to all the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in it, that he may give thee rest; and that it may be well with thee, and ye may prolong your days on the land which ye shall inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:16 - And if he should say to thee, I will not go out from thee, because he continues to love thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Let now thy servants speak before thee, and let them seek for our lord a man skilled to play on the harp; and it shall come to pass when an evil spirit comes upon thee and he shall play on his harp, that thou shalt be well, and he shall refresh thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18 - And the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it came into thine heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it came upon thine heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all thy deeds wherein thou hast acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which thou hast done to the house of Achaab as they were in my heart, thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said to the whole congregation of Israel, If it seem good to you, and it should be prospered by the Lord our God, let us send to our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and let the priests the Levites who are with them in the cities of their possession come, and let them be gathered to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:8 - But the Lord said to my father David, Whereas it came into thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it came into thy heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:5 - And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant shall have found favour in thy sight, I ask that thou wouldest send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it: and let not the queen come in to him any more; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3 - And she answered and said, If I have found favour in the sight of the king, let my life be granted to my petition, and my people to my request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 - (LXX 118:68) Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:4 - (LXX 124:4) Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, and to them that are upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:41 - (LXX 39:41) And I will visit them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, and with all my heart, and with all my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - And thou art to them as the sound of a sweet, well-tuned psaltery, and they will hear thy words, but they will not do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11 - And I will multiply men and cattle upon you; and I will cause you to dwell as at the beginning, and will treat you well, as in your former times: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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