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Strong's #2895 - טוֹב

Transliteration

ṭôwb

Phonetics

tobe

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

793

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 700 ‑ ἀρέσκω (ar‑es'‑ko); 1380 ‑ δοκέω (dok‑eh'‑o); 4851 ‑ συμφέρω (soom‑fer'‑o); 1653 ‑ ἐλεέω (el‑eh‑eh'‑o); 1014 ‑ βούλομαι (boo'‑lom‑ahee); 2573 ‑ καλῶς (kal‑oce'); 2570 ‑ καλός (kal‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (33)

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 3

1 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 5

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 1

BSB (19)

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 2

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Song of Solomon 1

CSB (15)

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 2

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (30)

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 3

1 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 5

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 2

KJV (33)

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 3

1 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 5

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 1

LEB (22)

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 4

Psalms 2

Song of Solomon 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LSB (39)

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 2

Esther 7

Psalms 2

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

N95 (34)

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 4

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 2

Esther 6

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

NAS (38)

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 2

Esther 8

Psalms 2

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (32)

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 3

1 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 5

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 1

ASV (33)

and can play well 1

and doest good 1

and if it please 2

and that it may be well 1

and thou shalt be well 1

and was well 1

and will do better 1

because he is well with thee 1

because thou hast done well 1

behold, if there be good 1

cheer 1

do good 1

for it was well 1

good 1

how goodly 1

how much better 1

if it please 4

if it seem good 2

is it good 2

over them to do them good 1

that it may go well with thee 1

they have made goodly 1

thou didst well 2

thou with us, and we will do thee good 1

unto us, the same will we do unto thee 1

which are stately 1

BSB (19)

and in favor 1

and prosper 1

beautiful 1

better 2

in high 1

is good 1

is merry 1

is well off 1

it pleased 1

it was good 1

seemed good 1

seems good 1

so much 1

was merry 1

we were better off 1

you have done well 3

CSB (15)

beautiful 1

better 2

favor 1

good 5

off 2

prosper 1

well 3

ESV (30)

better 1

cheer 1

do 1

go well 1

good 5

lovely 1

more good 1

plays well 1

please 5

pleases 2

searches 1

seems good 1

stately 1

well 6

well disposed 1

well-off 1

KJV (33)

better 2

cheer 1

comely 1

do 1

good 9

goodly 2

please 6

pleased 1

well 10

LEB (22)

⌊he would feel better⌋ 1

and ⌊it will go well⌋ 1

and ⌊you will feel better⌋ 1

and do good 1

and i will do good things 1

better is 1

do good 1

good are 1

it is good 5

it pleases 1

it seems good 1

it was good 1

them to do good to them 1

well 1

yahweh 1

you did well 2

you have done well 1

LSB (39)

any 1

did 2

done 1

fair 1

go 1

good 17

merry 4

well 12

N95 (34)

any 1

did 2

done 1

fair 1

go 1

good 5

high 1

merry 3

off 1

please 2

pleases 4

pleasing 1

well 11

NAS (38)

any 1

better 1

cheerful 3

did 2

done 1

go 2

good 6

high 1

off 1

pleasant 1

pleases 6

pleasing 1

well 12

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (32)

and can play well 1

and do good 1

and if it please 2

and that it may be well 1

and was well 1

and will do better 1

and you shall be well 1

because he is well with you 1

because you have done well 1

cheer 1

do good 1

for it was well 1

good 1

how goodly 1

how much better 1

if it please 1

if it pleases 3

if it seems good 2

is it good 2

over them to do them good 1

that it may go well with you 1

they have adorned their sacred 1

which are stately 1

you did well 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1186) b u (תהב ThB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Good: The pictograph u is a picture of a basket, used to contain or surround something. The b is a picture of a tent or house. Combined these mean "surround the house". The house is surrounded by grace, beauty, love, health and prosperity, something that is functional.

A) b u (תהב ThB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Good: Something that functions properly.

N^m) b u (תהב ThB) - Good: [Aramaic only] KJV (2): good, fine - Strongs: H2869 (טָב)

D) b a u (תהאב ThAB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Glad: One is glad when all is good.

V) b a u (תהאב ThAB) - Glad: To be glad. [Aramaic only] KJV (1): (vf: Paal) glad - Strongs: H2868 (טְאֵב)

J) b f u (תהוב ThWB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Good

V) b f u (תהוב ThWB) - Good: To be good such as in being functional. KJV (33): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) well, good, please, goodly, better, cheer, comely - Strongs: H2895 (טוֹב)

N^f) b f u (תהוב ThWB) - Good: Something that functions properly. KJV (591): good, better, well, goodness, goodly, best, merry, fair, prosperity, precious, fine, wealth, beautiful, fairer, favour, glad - Strongs: H2896 (טוֹב), H2898 (טוּב)

L) b u i (יתהב YThB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Good

V) b u i (יתהב YThB) - Good: To be good such as in being functional. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (108): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) well, good, please, merry, amend, better, accepted, diligently - Strongs: H3190 (יָטַב), H3191 (יְטַב)

k^m) b u i m (מיתהב MYThB) - Best: KJV (6): best - Strongs: H4315 (מֵיטָב)

Adopted Roots:

A2767 B u r (Moist, Fresh)
A3058 S p u r ()

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. טוֺב verb pleasing, good (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il; also derivatives; Arabic

, medial

, be pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet or savoury in taste or odour, be pure and clean, cheerful, gleeful (Lane); Aramaic

, טְאֵב, טַב, טַיֵּב and especially derivatives glad, joyful; Assyrian ‰âbu, be good, kind, acceptable, joyful, vigorous Dl^{HWB 299}) —

Qal Perfect טוֺב Numbers 11:18 32t.; plural טֹבוּ Numbers 24:5; Song of Solomon 4:10; ( Imperfect יִיטַב from יָטַב); Infinitive absolute טוֺב Judges 11:25; construct טוֺב Jeremiah 32:39 6t., 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 Song of Solomon 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 2 c).

3 of rank, position, claim: הֲטוֺב טוֺב אתה מבלק Judges 11:25 art thou really better than Balak?

4טוֺב 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 ‰âbu eli, be pleasing unto, Dl^{HWB 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`il Perfect 2 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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

טוֹב pret. טֹבוּ; (for the future, the form יִיטַב, from יָטַב is used.)

(1) to be good (Arab. طَلبَ Med. Ye, to be good, pleasant, agreeable, especially used of a pleasant smell [“Ch. Syr. id.”], compare בָּאַשׁ, בְּאֵשׁ). Only used impersonally in the following phrases

(a) טוֹב לִי it is good for me, it goes well with me, Deuteronomy 5:30, 15:16 19:13 Numbers 11:18 also, to be well, to be in good health, 1 Samuel 16:16. Followed by אֶל id. 1 Samuel 20:12. Job 13:9, הֲטוֹב כִּי it is well for you that.-As to the passage Job 10:3, see letter b.

(b) טוֹב בְּעֵינַי it is good in my eyes, i.e. “it pleases me,” Numbers 24:1. In the later books it is followed by עַל 1 Chronicles 13:2. Esther 1:19, אִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב “if it please the king.” Esther 3:9, 5:4, 7:3 Nehemiah 2:5 compare Ezra 5:17 once followed by לְ Job 10:3, הֲטוֹב לְךָ “does it please thee?” So Vulg. Ch.

(2) to be beautiful, pleasant, Numbers 24:5; Song of Solomon 4:10.

(3) to be cheerful, merry (a common meaning in Syriac), used especially of the heart, 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Esther 1:10.

Hiphil הֵטִיב

(1) to do well, to do something rightly, with an acc. 1 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 10:30.

(2) to do good to some one, to confer benefits, Ezekiel 36:11.

(3) to make fair, to adorn, Hosea 10:1.

(4) to make cheerful, Ecclesiastes 11:9. הֵיטִיב, from יָטַב, is more commonly used.

[Derivatives, the following words, and pr.n. טָֽבְאֵל, and טַבְרִמּוֹן.]

טוֹב f. טוֹבָה adj.

(1) good, in various senses

(a) physically, as a good (i.e. fertile) land, Exodus 3:8 a good tree, 2 Kings 3:19 good gold, i.e. pure, Genesis 2:12.

(b) ἠθικῶς, good, kind, upright, Isaiah 5:20 and neutr. goodness, uprightness, kindness. עָשָׂה טוֹב he acted well, he lived honestly, Psalms 34:15, 37:3 Ecclesiastes 7:20. עָשָׂה טוֹב עִם to shew kindness to some one, Genesis 26:29. טוֹב לְ to be kind towards some one, Lamentations 3:25. טוֹב עַיִן a man of a kind eye, i.e. merciful, opp. to רַע עַיִן, Proverbs 22:9, where see LXX. Vulg. לֹא טוֹב by λιτότης, wicked, evil, Proverbs 18:5, 20:23.-Often used

(aa) of a good, i.e. a happy lot, compare No. 4. הָיָה טוֹב לִי “it is well with me,” Ecclesiastes 8:12, 13. לָהֶם, לְטוֹב לָנוּ that it may be well with us, or with them, Deuteronomy 6:24, 10:13 Jeremiah 32:39 (properly for לִהְיוֹת טוֹב לְ, as in בְּצַר לִי, לְרַע לָהֶם). טוֹב לִי well for me! Psalms 119:17; Lamentations 3:27. לְטוֹב in a good sense, for welfare (compare טוֹבָה), often in medial phrases, Psal. 119:122 Deuteronomy 30:9.

(bb) טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי פ׳ good in the eyes of some one, what pleases some one, Numbers 24:1; Deuteronomy 6:18. Genesis 16:6, עֲשִׂי־לָהּ הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינַיִךְ “do to her that which seems good to thee” = do with her as thou wilt, Genesis 19:8; Judges 10:15, 19:24 also followed by לִפְנֵי Ecclesiastes 2:26 and לְ Job 10:3 [but see verb]; Deuteronomy 23:17.-Adv. well, very good, 2 Samuel 3:13; Ruth 3:13, and subst. something good, that which is good, Job 7:7 placed as a genitive after a noun, as בִּרְכַּת טוֹב a blessing of good, for a good blessing, Proverbs 24:25.

(2) goodly, fair, beautiful, used of persons, Exodus 2:2; Genesis 6:2 and of things, Isaiah 5:9 more often with the addition of מַרְאֶה Genesis 24:16; Esther 1:11, 2:3,.

(3) pleasant, agreeable, Genesis 3:6; Song of Solomon 1:2, 7:10. Especially used of smell, שֶׁמֶן הַטּוֹב sweet smelling ointment, Psalms 133:2; Isaiah 39:2; Song of Solomon 1:3. קָנֶה הַטּוֹב sweet calamus, Jeremiah 6:20.

(4) well off, prosperous, happy, comp. No. 1, (aa); Isaiah 3:10; Jeremiah 44:17. Psalms 112:5, טוֹב־אִישׁ “O happy man.” Ecclesiastes 5:4, 17 7:18 compare Lamentations 3:26; Amos 6:2. (Syr. ܛܘܽܒܰܝܗܘܽܢ ܕ O the blessings of.-Often used for Heb. אַשְׁרֵי, see Matthew 5:2, Pesh.)

(5) distinguished, great, excelling. Psalms 69:17, כִּי טוֹב חַסְדֶּךָ “for great is thy loving-kindness.” Psalms 109:21 (comp. Ruth 3:10). Syr. ܛܳܒ adv. very.

(6) cheerful, merry, Esther 8:17; 1 Kings 8:66 בְּלֵב טוֹב with a merry heart. Ecclesiastes 9:7.

(7) [Tob], pr.n. of a region beyond Jordan, Judges 11:3; 2 Samuel 10:6 apparently, i.q. Τούβιον, LXX. Vat. Τώβιον, 1Ma_5:13.

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List of Word Forms

הֱ‍ֽטִיב֔וֹתָ הֱטִיבֹ֔תָ הֱטִיבֹ֙תָ֙ הֵיטִ֣יבָה ה‍טיבות הטיבת היטיבה וְהֵטִֽבֹתִי֙ וְט֣וֹב וְט֥וֹב וּמֵטִ֗יב וּמֵטִ֣ב והטבתי וטוב ומטב ומטיב ט֑וֹב ט֔וֹב ט֗וֹב ט֜וֹב ט֞וֹב ט֥וֹב טֹּ֤בוּ טֹּ֥בוּ טבו טוֹבָ֤ה טוב טובה לְהֵטִ֣יב להטיב hê·ṭî·ḇāh hĕ·ṭî·ḇō·ṯā heiTivah hĕṭî·ḇō·w·ṯā hêṭîḇāh hĕṭîḇōṯā hĕṭîḇōwṯā hetiVota lə·hê·ṭîḇ ləhêṭîḇ leheTiv ṭō·ḇū ṭō·w·ḇāh ṭō·wḇ ṭōḇū Tou Tov toVah ṭōwḇ ṭōwḇāh ū·mê·ṭiḇ ū·mê·ṭîḇ ūmêṭiḇ ūmêṭîḇ umeTiv vehetivoTi veTov wə·hê·ṭi·ḇō·ṯî wə·ṭō·wḇ wəhêṭiḇōṯî wəṭōwḇ