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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. 2 Samuel 13:22ט֑וֹב · either good
    And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
  2. 2 Samuel 14:17הַטּ֣וֹב · good
    And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
  3. 2 Samuel 14:32ט֥וֹב · [It would be] better
    “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
  4. 2 Samuel 15:3טוֹבִ֣ים · are good
    Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
  5. 2 Samuel 16:12טוֹבָ֔ה · with good
    Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
  6. 2 Samuel 17:7טוֹבָ֧ה · sound
    Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
  7. 2 Samuel 17:14טוֹבָ֗ה · [is] better; הַטּוֹבָ֔ה · the good
    Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
  8. 2 Samuel 18:3ט֔וֹב · It is better
    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
  9. 2 Samuel 18:27ט֣וֹב · is a good; טוֹבָ֖ה · good
    The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
  10. 2 Samuel 19:18הַטּ֖וֹב · what was good
    …and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
  11. 2 Samuel 19:27הַטּ֖וֹב · [what is] good
    …and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
  12. 2 Samuel 19:35ט֣וֹב · what is good
    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
  13. 2 Samuel 19:38הַטּ֖וֹב · what is good
    The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
  14. 2 Samuel 24:22הַטּ֣וֹב · good
    Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
  15. 1 Kings 1:6טֽוֹב־ · handsome
    (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
  16. 1 Kings 1:42וְט֥וֹב · You must be bringing good
    As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
  17. 1 Kings 2:18ט֑וֹב · Very well
    “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
  18. 1 Kings 2:32וְטֹבִ֤ים · and better
    The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
  19. 1 Kings 2:38ט֣וֹב · is fair
    “The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
  20. 1 Kings 2:42ט֥וֹב · is fair
    …the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
  21. 1 Kings 3:9ט֣וֹב · good
    Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
  22. 1 Kings 8:36הַטּוֹבָ֖ה · the good
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  23. 1 Kings 8:56הַטּ֔וֹב · the good
    “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.
  24. 1 Kings 8:66וְט֣וֹבֵי · and glad; הַטּוֹבָ֗ה · the good things
    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
  25. 1 Kings 10:7וָט֔וֹב · and prosperity
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  26. 1 Kings 12:7טוֹבִ֑ים · kind
    They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
  27. 1 Kings 14:13ט֗וֹב · good
    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
  28. 1 Kings 14:15הַטּוֹבָ֤ה · good
    For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
  29. 1 Kings 18:24ט֥וֹב · is good
    Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
  30. 1 Kings 19:4ט֥וֹב · better
    …while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
  31. 1 Kings 20:3הַטּוֹבִ֖ים · and your best
    …saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’”
  32. 1 Kings 21:2ט֣וֹב · a better; ט֣וֹב · you prefer
    So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
  33. 1 Kings 22:8טוֹב֙ · anything good
    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  34. 1 Kings 22:13ט֖וֹב · are favorable; טּֽוֹב׃ · favorably
    Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
  35. 1 Kings 22:18ט֖וֹב · good
    Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
  36. 2 Kings 2:19ט֔וֹב · is good
    Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
  37. 2 Kings 3:19טוֹב֙ · good; הַטּוֹבָ֔ה · good
    And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
  38. 2 Kings 3:25ט֠וֹבָה · good; ט֣וֹב · good
    They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
  39. 2 Kings 5:12טוֹב֩ · better
    Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
  40. 2 Kings 10:3הַטּ֤וֹב · the best
    …select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
  41. 2 Kings 10:5הַטּ֥וֹב · [whatever is] good
    So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”
  42. 2 Kings 20:3וְהַטּ֥וֹב · [what is] good
    “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  43. 2 Kings 20:13הַטּ֗וֹב · and the precious
    And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.