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Lexicon :: Strong's H2895 - ṭôḇ

Aa
טוֹב
Transliteration
ṭôḇ
Pronunciation
tobe
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 - “And you shall say H559 to the people H5971, ‘Consecrate H6942 yourselves for tomorrow H4279, and you shall eat H398 meat H1320; for you have wept H1058 in the ears H241 of the LORD H3068, saying H559, “[fn]Oh H4310 that someone H4310 would give us meat H1320 to eat H398! For we were well-off H2895 in Egypt H4714.” Therefore the LORD H3068 will give H5414 you meat H1320 and you shall eat H398.

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When Balaam H1109 saw H7200 that it [fn]pleased H2895 H5869 the LORD H3068 to bless H1288 Israel H3478, he did not go H1980 as at other H6471 times H6471 to [fn]seek H7122 omens H5173, rather he turned H7896 his [fn]attention H6440 toward H413 the wilderness H4057.

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How H4100 pleasant H2895 are your tents H168, Jacob H3290,

Your dwelling H4908 places H4908, Israel H3478!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - “You shall walk H1980 [fn]entirely H3605 in the way H1870 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 you, so H4616 that H4616 you may live H2421 and that it may be well H2895 for you, and that you may prolong H748 your days H3117 in the land H776 which H834 you will possess H3423.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:16 - “But it shall come H1961 about H1961, if H3588 he says H559 to you, ‘I will not leave H3318 you,’ because H3588 he loves H157 you and your household H1004, since H3588 he is doing well H2895 with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - “May our lord H113 now H4994 command H559 your servants H5650 who are before H6440 you. Have them search H1245 for a man H376 who is a skillful H3045 musician H5059 on the harp H3658; and it shall come H1961 about H1961 whenever the evil H7451 spirit H7307 from God H430 is upon you, that he shall play H5059 the harp with his hand H3027, and you will become well H2895.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - So it came H1961 about H1961 whenever the evil spirit H7307 from God H430 came H1961 to Saul H7586, David H1732 would take H3947 the harp H3658 and play H5059 it with his hand H3027; and Saul H7586 would feel H7304 relieved H7304 and become well H2895, and the evil H7451 spirit H7307 would leave H5493 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18 - “But the LORD H3068 said H559 to my father H1 David H1732, ‘Because H3282 H834 it was [fn]in your heart H3824 to build H1129 a house H1004 for My name H8034, you did H2895 well H2895 that it was [fn]in your heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - Yet the LORD H3068 said H559 to Jehu H3058, “Because H3282 H834 you have done H2895 well H2895 in performing H6213 what H3477 is H3477 right H3477 in My eyes H5869, and have done H6213 to the house H1004 of Ahab H256 in accordance with everything H3605 that was in My heart H3824, your sons H1121 to the fourth H7243 generation shall sit H3427 on the throne H3678 of Israel H3478.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - David H1732 said H559 to all H3605 the assembly H6951 of Israel H3478, “If H518 it seems good H2895 to you, and if it is from the LORD H3068 our God H430, [fn]let us send H7971 word everywhere H6555 to our kinsmen H251 who remain H7604 in all H3605 the land H776 of Israel H3478, and to the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 who are with them in their cities H5892 with pasture H4054 lands H4054, that they meet H6908 with us;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:8 - “But the LORD H3068 said H559 to my father H1 David H1732, ‘Because H3282 H834 it was [fn]in your heart H3824 to build H1129 a house H1004 for My name H8034, you did H2895 well H2895 that it was [fn]in your heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:5 - Then I said H559 to the king H4428, “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, and if H518 your servant H5650 has found H3190 favor H3190 before H6440 you, I request that you send H7971 me to Judah H3063, to the city H5892 of my fathers’ H1 tombs H6913, that I may rebuild H1129 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I said H559 to the king H4428, “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, let letters H107 be given H5414 me for the governors H6346 of the provinces beyond H5676 the River H5104, so that they will allow me to pass H5674 through H5674 until H5704 H834 I come H935 to Judah H3063,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, let a royal H4438 [fn]edict H1697 be issued H3318 by him and let it be written H3789 in the laws H1881 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 so that it cannot H3808 [fn]be repealed H5674, that Vashti H2060 may not come H935 into the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, and let the king H4428 give H5414 her royal H4438 position H4438 to [fn]another H7468 who is more H4480 worthy H2896 than H4480 she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If H518 it is pleasing H2895 to the king H4428, let it be [fn]decreed H3789 that they be eliminated H6, and I will pay H8254 [fn]ten H6235 thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 into the hands H3027 of those who carry H6213 out H6213 the king’s business H4399, to put H935 into the king’s treasuries H1595.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - Esther H635 said H559, “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, may the king H4428 and Haman H2001 come H935 this day H3117 to the banquet H4960 that I have prepared H6213 for him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in the sight H5869 of the king H4428, and if H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428 to grant H5414 my request H7596 and do H6213 [fn]what H1246 I wish H1246, may the king H4428 and Haman H2001 come H935 to the banquet H4960 which H834 I will prepare H6213 for them, and tomorrow H4279 I will do H6213 [fn]as the king H4428 says H1697.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3 - Then Queen H4436 Esther H635 replied H6030, “If H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, O king H4428, and if H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, let my life H5315 be given H5414 me as my request H7596, and my people H5971 as my wish H1246;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68

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You are good H2896 and You do H3190 good H3190;

Teach H3925 me Your statutes H2706.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:4 -

Do H3190 good H3190, LORD H3068, to those who are good H2896

And to those who are upright H3477 in their hearts H3820.

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“How H4100 beautiful H3302 is H3302 your love H1730, my sister H269, my bride H3618!

How H4100 much [fn]sweeter H2896 is your love H1730 than H4480 wine H3196,

And the fragrance H7381 of your oils H8081

Than H4480 that of all H3605 kinds of balsam H1314 oils H1314!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:41 - “I will rejoice H7797 over H5921 them to do H3190 them good H3190 and will [fn]faithfully H571 plant H5193 them in this H2088 land H776 with all H3605 My heart H3820 and all H3605 My soul H5315.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - “And behold H2009, you are to them like a love H5690 song H7892 by one who has a beautiful H3303 voice H6963 and plays H5059 well H3190 on an H5059 instrument H5059; for they hear H8085 your words H1697 but they do not practice H6213 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11 - ‘I will multiply H7235 on you people H120 and animals H929, and they will increase H7235 and be H6509 fruitful H6509; and I will populate H3427 you as you were previously H6927, and treat H3190 you better H3190 than H4480 at the beginning H7221. Then you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.
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