H2896 - טוֹב (ṭôwb)

H2896 טוֹב (ṭôwb) tobe

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

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)

Derivation: from H2895 (טוֹב);

KJV Usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).

TWOT Reference: 793a

Outline of Biblical Usage

adj

1) good, pleasant, agreeable

1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)

1c) good, excellent (of its kind)

1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation

1e) good, appropriate, becoming

1f) better (comparative)

1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)

1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)

1i) good, kind, benign

1j) good, right (ethical)

n m

2) a good thing, benefit, welfare

2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness

2b) good things (collective)

2c) good, benefit

2d) moral good

n f

3) welfare, benefit, good things

3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness

3b) good things (collective)

3c) bounty

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G18 G19 G19 G39 G227 G228 G701 G791 G957 G1343 G1588 G2234 G2908 G2909 G4096 G5485 G5543 G5544 G5611

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טוֹב ṭôb BDB Definition: 1) good, pleasant, agreeable (adjective) 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of mans sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of mans intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare (noun masculine) 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good 3) welfare, benefit, good things (noun feminine) 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2895 Same Word by TWOT Number: 793a Total KJV Occurrences: 566

Bible Occurrences (516)

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

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

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

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

1:14 1:25 1:35 1:39 3:25 4:21 4:22 6:10 6:18 6:24 8:7 8:10 8:12 9:6 10:13 11:17 12:28 19:13 23:6 23:16 26:11 28:11 28:12 30:9 30:15

7:21 9:25 21:45 23:13 23:14 23:15 23:16

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

2:22 3:13 4:15

1:8 1:23 2:24 3:18 8:14 8:16 9:2 9:10 11:10 12:23 14:36 14:40 15:9 15:22 15:28 16:12 16:16 16:23 19:4 20:7 20:12 24:17 24:18 24:19 25:3 25:8 25:15 25:21 25:30 26:16 27:1 29:6 29:9

2:6 3:13 7:28 10:12 11:2 13:22 14:17 14:32 15:3 16:12 17:7 17:14 18:3 18:27 19:18 19:27 19:35 19:38 24:22

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

4:40 13:2 16:34 17:26 19:13 21:23 28:8 29:28

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

2:5 2:7 2:8 2:10 2:18 5:9 5:19 6:19 9:13 9:20 13:31

1:11 1:19 2:2 2:3 2:7 2:9 3:9 3:11 5:4 5:8 5:9 7:3 7:9 8:5 8:8 8:17 9:13 9:19 9:22 10:3

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

4:6 14:1 14:3 16:2 21:3 23:6 25:8 25:13 34:8 34:10 34:12 34:14 35:12 36:4 37:3 37:16 37:27 38:20 39:2 45:1 52:3 52:9 53:1 53:3 54:6 63:3 65:11 68:10 69:16 73:1 73:28 84:10 84:11 85:12 86:5 86:17 92:1 100:5 103:5 104:28 106:1 106:5 107:1 107:9 109:5 109:21 111:10 112:5 118:1 118:8 118:9 118:29 119:39 119:65 119:68 119:72 119:122 122:9 125:4 128:2 133:1 133:2 135:3 136:1 143:10 145:9 147:1

2:9 2:20 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

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

3:10 5:9 5:20 7:15 7:16 38:3 39:2 39:8 41:7 52:7 55:2 56:5 65:2

5:25 6:16 6:20 8:15 12:6 14:11 14:19 15:11 17:6 18:10 18:20 21:10 22:15 22:16 24:2 24:3 24:5 24:6 26:14 29:10 29:32 32:39 32:42 33:9 33:11 33:14 39:16 40:4 42:6 44:17 44:27 52:32

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

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

1:4 1:15

2:7 4:13 8:3 10:1 14:2

3:5

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

4:3 4:8

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

1:7 3:4

1:13 1:17 8:19 11:12

2:17

Genesis 1:4

And God saw that the light [was] good, and [He] separated the light from... the darkness.

Genesis 1:10

God called the dry [land] earth, and the gathering of waters He called seas. And God saw that [it was] good.

Genesis 1:12

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing... plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed... according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from... the darkness. And God saw that [it was] good.

Genesis 1:21

So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, [with] which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

Genesis 1:25

God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

Genesis 1:31

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, [it was] very good. And there was evening, and there was morning — the sixth day.

Genesis 2:9

Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden [were] the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.