Ṭôwb — H2895

H2895 · Hebrew — טוב

Pronunciation: tobe

Definition

verb

to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense

  1. to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right
    1. (Qal)
      1. to be pleasant, be delightful
      2. to be glad, be joyful
      3. to be better
      4. to be well with, be good for
      5. to be pleasing
    2. (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly

Usually translated as

well, please, good, better, goodly, be, cheer

Origin

a primitive root,

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Ṭôwb occurs 31 times in 30 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (2), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2), Esther (8), Psalms (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T