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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 5 / 11 (2Ch 5:13–Est 10:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: “He is good; his love endures forever.” Then the temple of the LORD was filled with the cloud,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41 - “Now arise, LORD God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, “He is good; his love endures forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the LORD had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:7 - They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD’s anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:2 - Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the other prophets without exception are predicting success for the king. Let your word agree with theirs, and speak favorably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “Amariah the chief priest will be over you in any matter concerning the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the tribe of Judah, will be over you in any matter concerning the king, and the Levites will serve as officials before you. Act with courage, and may the LORD be with those who do well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better than you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:16 - He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18 - Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the LORD. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised[fn] the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 - This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - Because the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah’s sons and brothers, 18 in all;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,[fn] and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - Therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them at any time, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it to your children as an everlasting inheritance.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the royal park, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?” And because the gracious hand of my God was on me, the king granted my requests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:18 - I also told them about the gracious hand of my God on me and what the king had said to me. They replied, “Let us start rebuilding.” So they began this good work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:19 - Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - Moreover, they kept reporting to me his good deeds and then telling him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - “You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees and commands that are good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:20 - You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:31 - I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me with favor, my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king’s palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - “Keep the money,” the king said to Haman, “and do with the people as you please.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king’s gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage against Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits[fn] stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.” The king said, “Impale him on it!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - Now write another decree in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king’s signet ring—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - “If it pleases the king,” Esther answered, “give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons be impaled on poles.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - That is why rural Jews—those living in villages—observe the fourteenth of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting, a day for giving presents to each other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3 - Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.

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