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H2895 טוֹב (ṭôwb) tobe
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root, to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense

KJV Usage: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, X please, (be, do, go, play) well

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

טוֹב (tov) — be pleasing. 1) to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be pleasant, be delightful 1a2) to be glad, be joyful 1a3) to be better 1a4) to be well with, be good for 1a5) to be pleasing 1b) (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · טוּב · טֹוב · טֹובָה

Good | verb qal

to be good = state in which objects are of a high quality and/or a pleasure to look at

GEN 1:4 · GEN 1:10 · GEN 1:12 · GEN 1:18 · GEN 1:21 · GEN 1:25 · GEN 49:15 · NUM 24:5

Just | verb qal

to be good = state in which humans and deities have character and integrity

PSA 34:9 · PSA 106:1 · PSA 107:1 · PSA 118:1 · PSA 118:29

Right | verb qal

to be right = state in which events are well-performed, morally and ethically correct, and beneficial to others

NUM 24:1 · 2SA 3:19 · 2SA 15:26 · 2SA 19:38 · 1KI 21:2 · PSA 54:8 · PSA 92:2 · PSA 119:71 · SNG 4:10 · JER 40:4 · ZEC 11:12

Right | verb hif

to do well literally: to make right; hence: = action by which humans perform their activities in such a way that they are well-performed, morally and ethically correct, and beneficial to others

1KI 8:18 · 2KI 10:30 · 2CH 6:8 · PSA 52:11

Rejoice | verb qal

Collocation: לֵב טוב

to be in high spirits, to be merry literally: (one's) heart is good; hence: = state in which humans are in high spirits, ◄ usually under the influence of alcohol

JDG 16:25 · 1SA 25:36 · 2SA 13:28 · EST 1:10

Safe | verb qal

it is well (with someone) literally: it is well (with someone); hence: = state in which people go through a time of relative prosperity

NUM 11:18 · DEU 5:33 · DEU 6:24 · DEU 10:13 · DEU 15:16 · DEU 19:13 · PSA 128:2 · ISA 3:10 · JER 22:15 · JER 22:16 · HOS 2:9 · HOS 10:1

1 JDG 16:25 MT-K כיטוב | MT-Q כְּטֹוב

Timothy L. Wilt; Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טוֹב vb. pleasing, good Qal be pleasant, delightful

be glad, joyful

of rank, position, claim: art thou really better than Balak?

be well with, good for

be pleasing

Hiph. do well, act right

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