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Lexicon :: Strong's H2896 - ṭôḇ

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טוֹב
Transliteration
ṭôḇ
Pronunciation
tobe
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Part of Speech
adjective, feminine noun, masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 793a

Strong’s Definitions

טוֹב ṭôwb, tobe; from H2895; 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, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 559x

The KJV translates Strong's H2896 in the following manner: good (361x), better (72x), well (20x), goodness (16x), goodly (9x), best (8x), merry (7x), fair (7x), prosperity (6x), precious (4x), fine (3x), wealth (3x), beautiful (2x), fairer (2x), favour (2x), glad (2x), miscellaneous (35x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 559x
The KJV translates Strong's H2896 in the following manner: good (361x), better (72x), well (20x), goodness (16x), goodly (9x), best (8x), merry (7x), fair (7x), prosperity (6x), precious (4x), fine (3x), wealth (3x), beautiful (2x), fairer (2x), favour (2x), glad (2x), miscellaneous (35x).
adjective

  1. good, pleasant, agreeable

    1. pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

    2. pleasant (to the higher nature)

    3. good, excellent (of its kind)

    4. good, rich, valuable in estimation

    5. good, appropriate, becoming

    6. better (comparative)

    7. glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)

    8. good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)

    9. good, kind, benign

    10. good, right (ethical)

      masculine noun

  2. a good thing, benefit, welfare

    1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

    2. good things (collective)

    3. good, benefit

    4. moral good

      feminine noun

  3. welfare, benefit, good things

    1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

    2. good things (collective)

    3. bounty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טוֹב ṭôwb, tobe; from H2895; 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, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
STRONGS H2896: Abbreviations
† II. טוֺב adjective pleasant, agreeable, good (see LagBN 26; Aramaic H2869 טַב, Palmyrene טב VogNo. 81, טבא VogNo. 75) — masculine ט׳ Genesis 2:12 + 22 times, טוֺבָם Micah 7:4; feminine טוֺבָה Esther 8:5 + 50 times, טֹבָה Deuteronomy 6:18 + 2 times; construct טוֺבַת Genesis 26:7 + 6 times, טֹבַת Genesis 24:16; plural טוֺבִים Jeremiah 44:17 + 28 times; טֹבִים Genesis 27:9 + 4 times; construct טוֺבֵי Daniel 1:4 + 2 times; plural טוֺבוֺת Esther 2:2, טֹבוֺת Jeremiah 24:2 + 6 times, טֹבֹת Genesis 6:2 + 4 times; —
1. pleasant, agreeable to the senses:
a. to the sight, fair, of daughters of men Genesis 6:2 (J); of a son Exodus 2:2 (E), 1 Samuel 9:2; 1 Kings 20:3, young men (but read herds Greek Version of the LXX Th We Klo Dr Bu) 1 Samuel 8:16; מראיהם their appearance Daniel 1:15, טֹבַת מראה Genesis 24:16; Genesis 26:7 (both J), 2 Samuel 11:2; Esther 1:11; Esther 2:3, 7; טוב ראי 1 Samuel 16:12; טוב תאר 1 Kings 1:6; טובַת חן Nahum 3:4; טוֺבוֺת מראה Esther 2:2; טוֺבֵי מראה Daniel 1:4; טוב לעינים Ecclesiastes 11:7; טובה בעיניו fair in his eyes Esther 8:5; of mantle Joshua 7:21 (J); goodly houses Isaiah 5:9; Deuteronomy 8:12; cities Deuteronomy 6:10; situation of city 2 Kings 2:19.
b. to the taste, good, sweet, agreeable for eating למאכל Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:6 (both J); ears of grain Genesis 41:5, 22, 24, 26 (E); figs Jeremiah 24:2, 3 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 24:5; honey Proverbs 24:13; כְּיֵין הטוב Songs 7:10 as wine of the best sort (Hi reads כַּיַּיִן); תְּנוּבָתִי הַטּוֺבָּה Judges 9:11 my sweet fruit (|| מָתְקִי).
c. to the smell, sweet-scented, of ointment Songs 1:3; קנה הטוב Jeremiah 6:20 the fragrant cane.
d. of pleasant shadow of tree Hosea 4:13.
2. pleasant to the higher nature, giving pleasure, happiness, prosperity, and so agreeable, pleasing, well:
a. of time: יום טוב good day, festal day 1 Samuel 25:8; Esther 8:17; Esther 9:19, 22; of feasts Zechariah 8:19; prosperous years Genesis 41:35 (E).
b. of place, טוב בית הנשׁים Esther 2:9 the best part of the women's house; לוֺ בַּטּ׳ Deuteronomy 23:17, בְּעֵינֵי בַּטּ׳ Genesis 20:15 (see c f below).
c. of persons, (אתה) טוב בעיני pleasing in the eyes of 1 Samuel 29:6 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 29:9 טוב בעיני י׳ Malachi 2:17 (compare verb 4, and f below); later לִפְנֵי Ecclesiastes 2:26 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 7:26; inserted in 1 Samuel 29:10 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; compare עם ט׳ 1 Samuel 2:26.
d. of word or message, בְּשׂוֺרָה טוֺבָה 2 Samuel 18:27 good tidings; שְׁמוּעָה ט׳ good report 1 Samuel 2:24; Proverbs 15:30; Proverbs 25:25; דבר בעתו Proverbs 15:23 a word in its season; דבר טוב Proverbs 12:25 an agreeable word (maketh the heart glad); דבר טוב Psalm 45:2 a good theme.
e. of other things, דֶּרֶךְ טובה 1 Samuel 24:20 a pleasant, prosperous journey; מנחה כי טוב Genesis 49:15 (poem); of unity of brethren מה טוב ומה נעים Psalm 133:1 how good and how pleasant it is! טוב לְ (יהיה) it shall be well for Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 8:12, 13 (compare verb 3); הֲטוֺב כִּי Job 13:9 will it be advantageous that (see 5).
f. עשׂה הטוב בעיני do what is pleasing in the eyes of Genesis 16:5 (J), Judges 19:24; 1 Samuel 1:23; 1 Samuel 3:18; 1 Samuel 14:40; 2 Samuel 10:12＝1 Chronicles 19:13; 2 Samuel 19:19; 2 Samuel 19:28; 2 Samuel 19:39; 2 Kings 10:5; 2 Kings 20:3＝Isaiah 38:3; 1 Chronicles 21:23＝2 Samuel 24:22 where object of העלה; עשׂה (כ) (כל) (ה)טוב בע׳ Genesis 19:8 (J), Judges 10:15; 1 Samuel 11:10; 1 Samuel 14:36; Esther 3:11; (כ)הטוב עשׂה ו(כ)הישׁר בע׳) Deuteronomy 12:28; Joshua 9:25 (D), 2 Chronicles 14:1; Jeremiah 26:14, compare Esther 8:8; nouns reversed Deuteronomy 6:18; עשׂה הטוֺב והישׁר לפני 2 Chronicles 31:20; טוב בע׳ in other combinations Numbers 36:6 (P), Jeremiah 40:4; ראה הטוב והישׁר 2 Kings 10:3; דבּר ט׳ 1 Kings 22:13 2 Chronicles 18:12; Numbers 10:29 (J), 1 Samuel 19:4; Esther 7:9; דבּר מטוב עדרֿע speak either good or bad Genesis 31:24, 29 (E); למרע ועד טוב 2 Samuel 13:22; רע או טוב Genesis 24:50 (J); התנבא ט׳ 1 Kings 22:8, 18 2 Chronicles 18:17; compare 1 Kings 22:13 2 Chronicles 18:12.
3. good, excellent of its kind:
a. of the several creations, וירא אלהים כי טוֺב and God saw that it was good, excellent Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25 (P); טוֺב מאר כל אשׁר עשׂה והנּה Genesis 1:31 (P) God saw all that he had made, and behold it was very excellent. So...
b. of land, soil, fruitful, fertile: ארץ Exodus 3:8; Numbers 13:19 (both J), Numbers 14:7 (P), Deuteronomy 1:25, 35; Deuteronomy 3:25; Deuteronomy 4:21, 22; Deuteronomy 6:18; Deuteronomy 8:7, 10; Deuteronomy 9:6; Deuteronomy 11:17; Joshua 23:16 (D), Judges 18:9; 1 Chronicles 28:8; אדמה 1 Kings 14:15; Joshua 23:13, 15 (D); הר Deuteronomy 3:25; חלקה 2 Kings 3:19, 25; שׂדה Ezekiel 17:8; נָוֶה Ezekiel 34:14; מרעה 1 Chronicles 4:40; Ezekiel 34:14, 18.
c. of vegetation, choice, fruitful זֵיתִים 1 Samuel 8:14; עץ 2 Kings 3:19, 25; Ezekiel 31:16; שׁמן טוב 2 Kings 20:13 precious oil＝Isaiah 39:2; Psalm 133:2 Ecclesiastes 7:1; of seed, אם שׁניהם טובים Ecclesiastes 11:6 whether both of them will be fruitful.
d. of animals, fat בקר Genesis 18:7 (J); עזים Genesis 27:9 (J); פרות Genesis 41:26 (E); יָרֵךְ Ezekiel 24:4.
e. of minerals, fine, pure זהב Genesis 2:12 (J), 2 Chronicles 3:5, 8; כֶּתֶם Lamentations 4:1; brass Ezra 8:27, soldering Isaiah 41:7.
4. good, rich, valuable in estimation:
a. in quantity, שׂיבה טובה good old age Genesis 15:15 (R), Genesis 25:8 (P), Judges 8:32; 1 Chronicles 29:28; dowry Genesis 30:20 (E; many sons); treasury Deuteronomy 28:12 (from which י׳ sends blessings).
b. in price, goodly, valuable: of the estimation put upon house, beast, and tithe Leviticus 27:10 (twice in verse); Leviticus 27:12, 14, 33 (H); profit Proverbs 31:18; hire Ecclesiastes 4:9; מחמדי הטבים Joel 4:5 [Joel 3:5] my goodly precious things.
5. good, appropriate, becoming, טוב אשׁר Ecclesiastes 7:18 (compare Ecclesiastes 5:4 below); טובה חכמה עם נחלה Ecclesiastes 7:11 wisdom is good with an inheritance (other transitive see in VB); || יָפֶה Ecclesiastes 5:17; with עֵצָה 2 Samuel 17:7, 14 good advice; טוב פתר Genesis 40:16 (E) that he interpreted well; טוב הדבר (לא) Exodus 18:17 (E) the thing is (not) good, wise, so Deuteronomy 1:14; 1 Samuel 26:16; טוב (ה)דבר the word is good, is well said 1 Samuel 9:10; 1 Kings 2:38, 42; 1 Kings 18:24; 2 Kings 20:19＝Isaiah 39:8, for which abbreviated טוב well! good! exclamation Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 20:7; 2 Samuel 3:13; 1 Kings 2:18; followed by כּי it is good that 2 Samuel 18:3; Ruth 2:22; Lamentations 3:27; Job 10:3 (compare Job 13:9 2e); with infinitive Genesis 2:18 (J), Psalm 73:28; Psalm 92:2; Psalm 147:1; Proverbs 25:27 (compare below 10); with וְ (strangely) טוֺב וְיָחִיל וגו׳ Lamentations 3:26 it is good that one wait (see דּוּמָם, יָחִיל); בלא דעת נֶפֶשׁ לא טוב Proverbs 19:2 that a soul be without knowledge is not good.
6. with מִן comparative＝better, followed by infinitive Genesis 29:19 (E), Exodus 14:12 (J), Psalm 118:8; Psalm 118:9; Proverbs 16:19; Proverbs 25:7; Ecclesiastes 6:9; Ecclesiastes 7:2; infinitive omitted Proverbs 21:9, 19; Proverbs 25:24; מן omitted Numbers 14:3 (J; comparative only implied); with מן person Judges 15:2; Ruth 4:15; 1 Samuel 1:8; 1 Samuel 9:2; 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 2:32; 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Chronicles 21:13; Proverbs 12:9; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 19:1, 22; Proverbs 27:10; Proverbs 28:6; Lamentations 4:9; Esther 1:19; Ecclesiastes 4:3, 9, 13; Ecclesiastes 6:3; Ecclesiastes 7:5, 8; with מן of thing Judges 8:2; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Samuel 17:14; 1 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 5:12; Hosea 2:9; Amos 6:2; Isaiah 56:5; Jonah 4:3, 8; Psalm 37:16; Psalm 63:4; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 119:72; Proverbs 3:14; Proverbs 8:11, 19; Proverbs 15:16, 17; Proverbs 16:8, 16; Proverbs 17:1; Proverbs 22:1; Proverbs 27:5; Songs 1:2; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Ecclesiastes 7:1, 3, 8, 10; Ecclesiastes 9:4, 16, 18; followed by מִשֶּׁ־ Ecclesiastes 5:4; מַהטּֿוֺב ֗֗֗ הֲ ֗֗֗ אִם is it better... or ? Judges 9:2; הֲטוב ֗֗֗ אוֺ Judges 18:19; אין -טוב שֶׁ Ecclesiastes 2:24 (read מִשֶּׁ־ see Commentaries); אין טוב מאשׁר Ecclesiastes 3:22; אין טוב כִי אִם Ecclesiastes 3:12; Ecclesiastes 8:15; so 1 Samuel 27:1 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Klo Kit Bu (MT only כי with Imperfect)
7. of man's sensuous nature, glad, happy, prosperous: טוב לב merry, glad heart Proverbs 15:15; Esther 5:9; Ecclesiastes 9:7; טוֺבֵי לב 1 Kings 8:65 2 Chronicles 7:10; טובים וַנּהיה Jeremiah 44:17 we were prosperous; similarly Psalm 112:5.
8. of man's intellectual nature, שֵׂכֶל טוֺב good understanding 2 Chronicles 30:22; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 13:15; טוֺבַת שֶׂכֶל 1 Samuel 25:3.
9. good, kind, benign:
a. of men, themselves 1 Samuel 25:15; 2 Samuel 18:27; 2 Chronicles 10:7; the eye Proverbs 22:9; דברים טובים kind words 1 Kings 12:7 2 Chronicles 10:7.
b. of God, himself Nahum 1:7; 2 Chronicles 30:18; Psalm 86:5; כי טוב for he is good, kind Psalm 34:9; Psalm 100:5; Psalm 135:3; Jeremiah 33:11; כי טוב כי לעולם חסדוֺ 1 Chronicles 16:34; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 7:3; Ezra 3:11; Psalm 106:1; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 118:1; Psalm 118:29; Psalm 136:1; טוב לְ kind to Psalm 73:1; Psalm 145:9; Lamentations 3:25; יד (ה)טובה על Ezra 7:9; Ezra 8:18; Nehemiah 2:8, 18; רוחךָ (ה)טובה Nehemiah 9:20; Psalm 143:10; שׁמךָ כי טוב Psalm 52:11; Psalm 54:8; כּי טוב חסדךָ Psalm 69:17; Psalm 109:21; הדבר(ים) הטוב(יםׅ the good, kind word(s) spoken in promise Joshua 21:43; Joshua 23:14, 15 (D), 1 Kings 8:56; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 33:14; Zechariah 1:13.
10. good (ethical), right: מה טוב || what Yahweh requires Micah 6:8, || משׁפט Job 34:4:
a. of man himself || ישׁר Micah 7:4; אישׁ טוב Proverbs 14:14; (ה)טוב(ים)ׅ＝(the) good 2 Chronicles 19:11; Psalm 125:4; Proverbs 2:28; Proverbs 12:2; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 14:19; Proverbs 15:3; Ecclesiastes 9:2 (twice in verse); man's deeds דברים 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 19:3; מעשׂה 1 Samuel 19:4; Ecclesiastes 12:14; מעללים Ezekiel 36:31; דֶּרֶךְ הטובה והישׂרה 1 Samuel 12:23 the good and right way; (הַ)דֶּרֶךְ (ה)טוב(ה)ׅ (the) good way 1 Kings 8:36 2 Chronicles 6:27; Isaiah 65:2; Jeremiah 6:16; Psalm 36:5; Proverbs 16:29; דבריךָ טובים ונכחים 2 Samuel 15:3 good and right is thy case; דבר טוב good thing 1 Kings 14:13; לא טוב הדבר Nehemiah 5:9; אשׂר לא טוב עשׂה Ezekiel 18:18; so of מאזני מרמה etc., Proverbs 20:23; לא טובwith infinitive (see 5) it is not good or right to: ענושׁ לצדּיק Proverbs 17:26; פני רשׁע שׂאת Proverbs 18:5; הכּר פנים Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 24:23 (בל טוב).
b. of God טוב אתה ומטיב Psalm 119:68; טוב וישׁר יהוה Psalm 25:8; משׁפטיך טובים Psalm 119:39; his commands מצות Nehemiah 9:13; חקים Ezekiel 20:25 (לא טובים); לקח טוב Proverbs 4:2; מפי עליון לא תצא הרעות והטוב Lamentations 3:38.

† III. טוֺב noun masculineJeremiah 17:6 (compare טוֺבָה noun feminine) a good thing, benefit, welfare: — ט׳ Genesis 26:29 + 134 times; —
1. welfare, prosperity, happiness: || שָׁלוֺם Isaiah 52:7; Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 14:19; אם טוב ואם רע Jeremiah 42:6 whether prosperity or adversity; יבוא טוב Jeremiah 17:6 prosperity cometh; שׂמח בט׳ Deuteronomy 26:11; 2 Chronicles 6:41; ראה בט׳ Ecclesiastes 2:1; Jeremiah 29:32; object of ראה Psalm 4:7; Psalm 34:13; Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Job 7:7; of דרשׁ Esther 10:3; of בקשׁ Psalm 122:9; מנע Psalm 84:12; Jeremiah 5:25; נתן Psalm 85:13; קוה Job 30:26; מצא Proverbs 16:20; Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:8; נחל Proverbs 28:10; חסר Psalm 34:11; בשׂר 1 Kings 1:42; Isaiah 52:7; חול לט׳ Micah 1:12; חכמה וט׳ 1 Kings 10:7; טוב וחסד Psalm 23:6; בטוב in prosperity Psalm 25:13; Job 21:13; Job 36:11; Ecclesiastes 7:14; מטוב because of prosperity Zechariah 1:17; afar from happiness Psalm 39:3; כטוב Hosea 10:1; לטוב Deuteronomy 30:9; Jeremiah 15:11; לטוב לָנוּ Deuteronomy 6:24 for good to us,＝for our good, Deuteronomy 10:13 (לְךָ), Jeremiah 32:39 (לָהֶם; compare לרע ל Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 25:7).
2. good things, (collective) ברכ(ו)ת ט׳ blessing of good things Psalm 21:4; Proverbs 24:25; מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם ט׳ Job 22:18 filled their houses with good things; object of שׂבע Job 104:28; Proverbs 12:14; מלא Psalm 107:9; אכל Proverbs 13:2; Isaiah 55:2; לקח Hosea 14:3; השׂביע בט׳ Psalm 103:5; goods, possessions 1 Samuel 15:9.
3. good＝benefit: גְּמָלַתְהוּ טוֺב וְלֹארָֿע Proverbs 31:12 she doeth him good and not evil; תַּאֲוַת צַדִּיקִים אַךְטֿוֺב Proverbs 11:23 the desire of the righteous is only good; object of קבּל Job 2:10; מנע Proverbs 3:27; שׁחר Proverbs 11:27; שׁלּם Proverbs 13:21; עשׂה Genesis 26:29 (J), Psalm 119:65; היטיב Numbers 10:32 (J); ערב לט׳ Psalm 119:122; חֹרְשֵׁי ט׳ Proverbs 14:22 who devise good.
4. moral good, ידע טוב ורע Genesis 2:9, 17; Genesis 3:5, 22 (J), Deuteronomy 1:39; בין טוב לרע 2 Samuel 19:36; in antithesis with רע elsewhere Deuteronomy 30:15; 2 Samuel 14:17; 1 Kings 3:9; Isaiah 5:20 (twice in verse); Isaiah 7:15, 16; Amos 5:14, 15; Micah 3:2; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 37:27; Psalm 52:5; זנח ט׳ Hosea 8:3 cast off good; עשׂה טוֺב do good Psalm 14:1; Psalm 14:3＝Psalm 53:2; Psalm 53:4; Psalm 37:3; Ecclesiastes 7:20, in Ecclesiastes 3:12 this meaning seems less fitting; read perhaps לִרְאוֺת ט׳ (Gr, see also De) and tr. to 1; רדף ט׳ Psalm 38:21 pursue good; מַעְגַּלטֿ׳ Proverbs 2:9 path of good.

† טוֺבָה noun feminine welfare, benefit, good things, good; — absolute ט׳ Deuteronomy 28:11 + 54 times; construct טוֺבַת Psalm 106:5; suffix טוֺבָתִי Psalm 16:2 etc. + 4 times suffixes; plural טוֺבוֺת Jeremiah 12:6; טֹבוֺת 2 Kings 25:28; Jeremiah 52:32; suffix טוֺבֹתָיו Nehemiah 6:19; —
1. welfare, prosperity, happiness: || שׁלום Deuteronomy 23:7; Jeremiah 33:9; Ezra 9:12; Lamentations 3:17; יוֺם טובה Ecclesiastes 7:14 day of prosperity; טוֺבָתִי בַּלעָֿלָיךָ Psalm 16:2 is not my welfare dependent upon thee? תְּבוֺאָֽתְךָ ט׳ Job 22:21 prosperity shall come to thee; לטובה Genesis 50:20 (E), Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 30:9; 2 Chronicles 18:7; Jeremiah 14:11; לרעה ולא לטובה Amos 9:4; Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 39:16; Jeremiah 44:27; object of verb בקּשׁ Nehemiah 2:10; הביא Jeremiah 32:42; ראה Job 9:25; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 6:6; אבּד Ecclesiastes 9:18; ראה בט׳ Psalm 106:5; חסר מט׳ Ecclesiastes 4:8; object of אכל figurative Job 21:25＝taste happiness; of שׂבע Ecclesiastes 6:3; after נחם על Jeremiah 18:10.
2. good things (collective):
a. of good words, object of דבּר 1 Samuel 25:30; 2 Samuel 7:28＝1 Chronicles 17:26; Jeremiah 18:20; plural דבּר טובות Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 52:32＝2 Kings 25:28.
b. of material possessions ברבות הט׳ Ecclesiastes 5:10 when good things increase.
3. bounty, good שְׁנַת טוֺבָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 65:12 year of thy bounty (harvest bestowed by God), so also טובתך Psalm 68:11; עשׂה (ה)ט׳ Exodus 18:9 (E), Numbers 24:13 (JE), Judges 8:35; Judges 9:16; 1 Samuel 24:19; 2 Samuel 2:6; 1 Kings 8:66 2 Chronicles 7:10; 24:16; Jeremiah 33:9; object of נמל 1 Samuel 24:18; שׁלּם 1 Samuel 24:20; רעה תחת טובה Genesis 44:4 (J), 1 Samuel 25:21; Psalm 35:12; Psalm 38:21; Psalm 109:5; Proverbs 17:13; Jeremiah 18:20; תחת קללה ט׳ 2 Samuel 16:12; זכר לי לט׳ remember it for me for good Nehemiah 5:19; Nehemiah 13:31; לטובה Ezra 8:22; Nehemiah 2:18; Jeremiah 24:5, 6; Psalm 86:17; plural טוֺבֹתָיו Nehemiah 6:19 his benefits (i.e. good deeds of Tobiah).
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Genesis

1:4; 1:10; 1:12; 1:18; 1:21; 1:25; 1:31; 2:9; 2:9; 2:12; 2:12; 2:17; 2:18; 3:5; 3:6; 3:22; 6:2; 6:2; 15:15; 16:5; 18:7; 19:8; 20:15; 24:16; 24:16; 24:50; 25:8; 26:7; 26:7; 26:29; 26:29; 27:9; 27:9; 29:19; 30:20; 31:24; 31:29; 40:16; 41:5; 41:22; 41:24; 41:26; 41:26; 41:35; 44:4; 49:15; 50:20

Exodus

2:2; 3:8; 14:12; 18:9; 18:17

Leviticus

27:10; 27:12; 27:14; 27:33

Numbers

10:29; 10:32; 13:19; 14:3; 14:7; 24:13; 36:6

Deuteronomy

1:14; 1:25; 1:35; 1:39; 3:25; 3:25; 4:21; 4:22; 6:10; 6:18; 6:18; 6:18; 6:24; 8:7; 8:10; 8:12; 9:6; 10:13; 11:17; 12:28; 23:7; 23:17; 26:11; 28:11; 28:11; 28:12; 30:9; 30:9; 30:15

Joshua

7:21; 9:25; 21:43; 23:13; 23:14; 23:15; 23:15; 23:16

Judges

8:2; 8:32; 8:35; 9:2; 9:11; 9:16; 10:15; 15:2; 18:9; 18:19; 19:24

Ruth

2:22; 3:13; 4:15

1 Samuel

1:8; 1:23; 2:24; 2:26; 3:18; 8:14; 8:16; 9:2; 9:2; 9:10; 11:10; 12:23; 14:36; 14:40; 15:9; 15:22; 15:28; 16:12; 19:4; 19:4; 20:7; 24:18; 24:19; 24:20; 24:20; 25:3; 25:8; 25:15; 25:21; 25:30; 26:16; 27:1; 29:6; 29:9; 29:10

2 Samuel

2:6; 3:13; 7:28; 10:12; 11:2; 13:22; 14:17; 15:3; 16:12; 17:7; 17:14; 17:14; 18:3; 18:27; 18:27; 19:19; 19:28; 19:36; 19:39; 24:22

1 Kings

1:6; 1:42; 2:18; 2:32; 2:38; 2:42; 3:9; 8:36; 8:56; 8:65; 8:66; 10:7; 12:7; 14:13; 14:15; 18:24; 19:4; 20:3; 21:2; 22:8; 22:13; 22:13; 22:18

2 Kings

2:19; 3:19; 3:19; 3:25; 3:25; 5:12; 10:3; 10:5; 20:3; 20:13; 20:19; 25:28; 25:28

1 Chronicles

4:40; 16:34; 17:26; 19:13; 21:23; 28:8; 29:28

2 Chronicles

2:12; 3:5; 3:8; 5:13; 6:27; 6:41; 7:3; 7:10; 7:10; 10:7; 10:7; 14:1; 18:7; 18:12; 18:12; 18:17; 19:3; 19:11; 21:13; 24:16; 30:18; 30:22; 31:20

Ezra

3:11; 7:9; 8:18; 8:22; 8:27; 9:12

Nehemiah

2:8; 2:10; 2:18; 2:18; 5:9; 5:19; 6:19; 6:19; 9:13; 9:20; 13:31

Esther

1:11; 1:19; 2:2; 2:2; 2:3; 2:7; 2:9; 3:11; 5:9; 7:9; 8:5; 8:5; 8:8; 8:17; 9:19; 9:22; 10:3

Job

2:10; 7:7; 9:25; 10:3; 13:9; 13:9; 21:13; 21:25; 22:18; 22:21; 30:26; 34:4; 36:11

Psalms

4:7; 14:1; 14:3; 16:2; 16:2; 21:4; 23:6; 25:8; 25:13; 34:9; 34:11; 34:13; 34:15; 35:12; 36:5; 37:3; 37:16; 37:27; 38:21; 38:21; 39:3; 45:2; 52:5; 53:2; 53:4; 63:4; 65:12; 68:11; 69:17; 73:1; 73:28; 84:11; 84:12; 85:13; 86:5; 86:17; 92:2; 100:5; 103:5; 106:1; 106:5; 106:5; 107:1; 107:9; 109:5; 109:21; 111:10; 112:5; 118:1; 118:8; 118:9; 118:29; 119:39; 119:65; 119:68; 119:72; 119:122; 122:9; 125:4; 133:1; 133:2; 135:3; 136:1; 143:10; 145:9; 147:1

Proverbs

2:9; 3:4; 3:14; 3:27; 4:2; 8:11; 8:19; 11:23; 11:27; 12:2; 12:9; 12:14; 12:25; 13:2; 13:15; 13:21; 13:22; 14:14; 14:19; 14:22; 15:3; 15:15; 15:16; 15:17; 15:23; 15:30; 16:8; 16:16; 16:19; 16:20; 16:29; 16:32; 17:1; 17:13; 17:20; 17:26; 18:5; 18:22; 19:1; 19:2; 19:8; 19:22; 20:23; 21:9; 21:19; 22:1; 22:9; 24:13; 24:23; 24:25; 25:7; 25:24; 25:25; 25:27; 27:5; 27:10; 28:6; 28:10; 28:21; 31:12; 31:18

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:3; 2:24; 2:24; 2:26; 3:12; 3:12; 3:13; 3:22; 4:3; 4:6; 4:8; 4:9; 4:9; 4:13; 5:4; 5:4; 5:10; 5:17; 5:17; 6:3; 6:3; 6:6; 6:9; 6:12; 7:1; 7:1; 7:2; 7:3; 7:5; 7:8; 7:8; 7:10; 7:11; 7:14; 7:14; 7:18; 7:20; 7:26; 8:12; 8:13; 8:15; 9:2; 9:4; 9:7; 9:16; 9:18; 9:18; 11:6; 11:7; 12:14

Song of Songs

1:2; 1:3; 7:10

Isaiah

5:9; 5:20; 7:15; 7:16; 38:3; 39:2; 39:8; 41:7; 52:7; 52:7; 55:2; 56:5; 65:2

Jeremiah

5:25; 6:16; 6:20; 7:6; 8:15; 12:6; 12:6; 14:11; 14:19; 15:11; 17:6; 17:6; 18:10; 18:20; 18:20; 21:10; 24:2; 24:2; 24:3; 24:5; 24:5; 24:6; 25:7; 26:14; 29:10; 29:32; 32:39; 32:42; 33:9; 33:9; 33:11; 33:14; 39:16; 40:4; 42:6; 44:17; 44:17; 44:27; 52:32; 52:32

Lamentations

3:17; 3:25; 3:26; 3:27; 3:38; 4:1; 4:9

Ezekiel

17:8; 18:18; 20:25; 24:4; 31:16; 34:14; 34:14; 34:18; 36:31

Daniel

1:4; 1:4; 1:15

Hosea

2:9; 4:13; 8:3; 10:1; 14:3

Joel

3:5

Amos

5:14; 5:15; 6:2; 9:4

Jonah

4:3; 4:8

Micah

1:12; 3:2; 6:8; 7:4; 7:4

Nahum

1:7; 3:4

Zechariah

1:13; 1:17; 8:19

Malachi

2:17

H2896

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Strong's Number H2896 matches the Hebrew טוֹב (ṭôḇ),
which occurs 565 times in 521 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 11 (Num 13:19–Jdg 19:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the LORD speaks, that will I speak’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best, only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:14 - And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:25 - And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:35 - ‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:39 - And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:25 - Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:21 - Furthermore, the LORD was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:22 - For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 - “And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:24 - And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:10 - And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:12 - lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - “Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly off the good land that the LORD is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood[fn] from Israel, so that it may be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:6 - You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:11 - And you shall rejoice in all the good that the LORD your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - And the LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - The LORD will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:15 - “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,[fn] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - And now, behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your sight to do to us, do it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:45 - Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:14 - “And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things[fn] that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:15 - But just as all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the LORD your God has given you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - if you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - And he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 - And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - and they did not show steadfast love to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - “Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and integrity when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and have done to him as his deeds deserved—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:15 - And the people of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - And her father said, “I really thought that you utterly hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - And they said to him, “Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out now. Violate them and do with them what seems good to you, but against this man do not do this outrageous thing.”

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