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טוֹב

tovpleasantHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective562 occurrences35 books519 verses

Definition

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)
Traditional renderings: 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).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders טוֹב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

562 total
  1. Jeremiah 24:3הַטֹּבוֹת֙ · The good; טֹב֣וֹת · good
    “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
  2. Jeremiah 24:5הַטֹּב֖וֹת · good; לְטוֹבָֽה׃ · as good
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
  3. Jeremiah 24:6לְטוֹבָ֔ה · for good
    I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
  4. Jeremiah 26:14כַּטּ֥וֹב · is good
    As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
  5. Jeremiah 29:10הַטּ֔וֹב
    For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
  6. Jeremiah 29:32בַטּ֛וֹב · the good
    …this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
  7. Jeremiah 32:39לְט֣וֹב · for their own good
    I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
  8. Jeremiah 32:42הַטּוֹבָ֔ה · the good
    For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
  9. Jeremiah 33:9הַטּוֹבָ֗ה · the good; הַטּוֹבָה֙ · the goodness
    So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
  10. Jeremiah 33:11ט֤וֹב · is good
    …the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
  11. Jeremiah 33:14הַטּ֔וֹב · the gracious
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
  12. Jeremiah 39:16לְטוֹבָ֑ה · for good
    “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
  13. Jeremiah 40:4ט֨וֹב · it pleases; ט֨וֹב · good
    But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
  14. Jeremiah 42:6ט֣וֹב · it is pleasant
    Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
  15. Jeremiah 44:17טוֹבִ֔ים · and good things
    Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
  16. Jeremiah 44:27לְטוֹבָ֑ה · for good
    I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
  17. Jeremiah 52:32טֹב֑וֹת · kindly
    And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
  18. Lamentations 3:17טוֹבָֽה׃ · what prosperity is
    My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
  19. Lamentations 3:25ט֤וֹב · is good
    The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
  20. Lamentations 3:26ט֤וֹב · It is good
    It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
  21. Lamentations 3:27ט֣וֹב · It is good
    It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
  22. Lamentations 3:38וְהַטּֽוֹב׃ · and good
    Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
  23. Lamentations 4:1הַטּ֑וֹב · the pure
    How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
  24. Lamentations 4:9טוֹבִ֤ים · better off
    Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
  25. Ezekiel 17:8טּ֛וֹב · good
    It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
  26. Ezekiel 18:18ט֛וֹב
    As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
  27. Ezekiel 20:25טוֹבִ֑ים · good
    I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.
  28. Ezekiel 24:4ט֖וֹב · good
    Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.
  29. Ezekiel 31:16וְטוֹב־ · and best
    I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
  30. Ezekiel 34:14טּוֹב֙ · in good; טּ֔וֹב · in a good
    I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
  31. Ezekiel 34:18הַטּוֹב֙ · the good
    Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
  32. Ezekiel 36:31טוֹבִ֑ים
    Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
  33. Daniel 1:4וְטוֹבֵ֨י · handsome
    …young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
  34. Daniel 1:15ט֔וֹב · healthier
    And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.
  35. Hosea 2:7ט֥וֹב · I was better off
    She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
  36. Hosea 4:13ט֣וֹב · is pleasant
    They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
  37. Hosea 8:3ט֑וֹב · good
    But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
  38. Hosea 10:1כְּט֣וֹב · The better
    Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
  39. Hosea 14:2ט֔וֹב · [us] graciously
    Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
  40. Joel 3:5הַטֹּבִ֔ים · My finest
    For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.
  41. Amos 5:14ט֥וֹב · good
    Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
  42. Amos 5:15ט֔וֹב · good
    Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
  43. Amos 6:2הֲטוֹבִים֙ · Are you better
    Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
  44. Amos 9:4לְטוֹבָֽה׃ · for good
    Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
  45. Jonah 4:3ט֥וֹב · it is better
    And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”