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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. Nehemiah 13:31לְטוֹבָֽה׃ · with favor
    I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
  2. Esther 1:11טוֹבַ֥ת · beautiful
    …to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.
  3. Esther 1:19ט֗וֹב · it pleases; הַטּוֹבָ֥ה · better
    So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
  4. Esther 2:2טוֹב֥וֹת · for beautiful
    Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
  5. Esther 2:3טוֹבַ֨ת · the beautiful
    …and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
  6. Esther 2:7וְטוֹבַ֣ת · and
    And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.
  7. Esther 2:9לְט֖וֹב · to the best
    And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
  8. Esther 3:9ט֔וֹב · it pleases
    If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
  9. Esther 3:11כַּטּ֥וֹב
    “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
  10. Esther 5:4ט֑וֹב
    “If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
  11. Esther 5:8ט֔וֹב
    If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
  12. Esther 5:9וְט֣וֹב · and glad
    That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
  13. Esther 7:3ט֑וֹב · it pleases
    Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
  14. Esther 7:9ט֣וֹב · that saved
    Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
  15. Esther 8:5ט֜וֹב; וְטוֹבָ֥ה · am pleasing
    “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
  16. Esther 8:8כַּטּ֤וֹב · as
    Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
  17. Esther 8:17ט֑וֹב
    In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
  18. Esther 9:13ט֔וֹב
    Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
  19. Esther 9:19ט֑וֹב
    This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
  20. Esther 9:22ט֑וֹב
    …as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
  21. Esther 10:3טוֹב֙ · the good
    For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
  22. Job 2:10הַטּ֗וֹב · only good
    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  23. Job 7:7טֽוֹב׃ · happiness
    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  24. Job 9:25טוֹבָֽה׃ · good
    My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
  25. Job 10:3הֲט֤וֹב · Does it please
    Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
  26. Job 13:9הֲ֭טוֹב · Would it be well
    Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
  27. Job 21:13בַטּ֣וֹב · in prosperity
    They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
  28. Job 21:25בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃ · prosperity
    Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
  29. Job 22:18ט֑וֹב · with good things
    But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
  30. Job 22:21טוֹבָֽה׃ · good
    Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
  31. Job 30:26ט֣וֹב · good
    But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
  32. Job 34:4טּֽוֹב׃ · is good
    Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
  33. Job 36:11בַּטּ֑וֹב · in prosperity
    If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
  34. Psalm 4:6ט֥וֹב · the good
    Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
  35. Psalm 14:1טֽוֹב׃ · good
    For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
  36. Psalm 14:3ט֑וֹב · good
    All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
  37. Psalm 16:2ט֝וֹבָתִ֗י · good thing
    I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
  38. Psalm 21:3ט֑וֹב · with rich
    For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
  39. Psalm 23:6ט֤וֹב · goodness
    Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
  40. Psalm 25:8טוֹב־ · Good
    Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
  41. Psalm 25:13בְּט֣וֹב · in prosperity
    His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
  42. Psalm 34:8ט֣וֹב · is good
    Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
  43. Psalm 34:10טֽוֹב׃ · good thing
    Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
  44. Psalm 34:12טֽוֹב׃ · good
    Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
  45. Psalm 34:14ט֑וֹב · good
    Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
  46. Psalm 35:12טוֹבָ֗ה · good
    They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
  47. Psalm 36:4ט֑וֹב · good
    Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
  48. Psalm 37:3ט֑וֹב · good
    Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.