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).
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
Occurrences
562 total
- Jonah 4:8ט֥וֹב · It is betterAs the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
- Micah 1:12לְט֖וֹב · for goodFor the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
- Micah 3:2ט֖וֹב · goodYou hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- Micah 6:8טּ֑וֹב · goodHe has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Micah 7:4טוֹבָ֣ם · The best of them [is]The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
- Nahum 1:7ט֣וֹב · is goodThe LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- Nahum 3:4ט֥וֹבַת…because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
- Zechariah 1:13טוֹבִ֑ים · kindSo the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
- Zechariah 1:17מִטּ֑וֹב · with prosperityProclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
- Zechariah 8:19טוֹבִ֑ים · cheerful“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
- Zechariah 11:12ט֧וֹב · right to youThen I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
- Malachi 2:17ט֣וֹב׀ · [are] goodYou have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”