Ṭôwb — H2896

Definition

adjective

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)

1. adj
2. good, pleasant, agreeable
1. pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
2. pleasant (to the higher nature)
3. good, excellent (of its kind)
4. good, rich, valuable in estimation
5. good, appropriate, becoming
6. better (comparative)
7. glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
8. good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
9. good, kind, benign
10. good, right (ethical)
3. n m
4. a good thing, benefit, welfare
1. welfare, prosperity, happiness
2. good things (collective)
3. good, benefit
4. moral good
5. n f
6. welfare, benefit, good things
1. welfare, prosperity, happiness
2. good things (collective)
3. bounty

Usually translated as

good, better, well, goodness, goodly, best, fair, prosperity, merry, precious, fine, pleaseth, wealth, beautiful, glad, goodliest, goods, kindly, pleasant, pleasure, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, goodlier, joyful, kindness, liketh, loving, most, ready, sweet, welfare, favour, graciously, wellfavoured

Origin

from H2895

• Derived from Ṭôwb (H2895)

Greek equivalents

• agathós (G18)
• agathōsýnē (G19)
• hágion (G39)
• alēthḗs (G227)
• alēthinós (G228)
• arestós (G701)
• asteîos (G791)
• beltíon (G957)
• dikaiosýnē (G1343)
• eklektós (G1588)
• hēdéōs (G2234)
• kreîsson (G2908)
• kreíttōn (G2909)
• piótēs (G4096)
• cháris (G5485)
• chrēstós (G5543)
• chrēstótēs (G5544)
• hōraîos (G5611)

Occurrences

Ṭôwb occurs 552 times in 512 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (39), Exodus (5), Leviticus (4), Numbers (7), Deuteronomy (25), Joshua (7), Judges (13), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (33), 2 Samuel (22), 1 Kings (21), 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (20), Ezra (6), Nehemiah (9), Esther (13), Job (12), Psalms (68), Proverbs (62), Ecclesiastes (41), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (12), Jeremiah (32), Lamentations (7), Ezekiel (8), Daniel (2), Hosea (4), Joel (1), Amos (4), Jonah (2), Micah (4), Nahum (2), Zechariah (3), Malachi (1)

• Genesis 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
• Genesis 1:10 — And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:18 — And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:21 — And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good (ט֖וֹב). And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
• Genesis 2:9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good (וְט֣וֹב) for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
• Genesis 2:9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good (ט֥וֹב) and evil.
• Genesis 2:12 — And the gold of that land is good (ט֑וֹב): there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
• Genesis 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good (ט֣וֹב) and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
• Genesis 2:18 — And the LORD God said, It is not good (ט֛וֹב) that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
• Genesis 3:5 — For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good (ט֥וֹב) and evil.
• Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good (טוֹב֩) for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
• Genesis 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good (ט֣וֹב) and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
• Genesis 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair (טֹבֹ֖ת); and they took them wives of all which they chose.
• Genesis 15:15 — And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good (טוֹבָֽה) old age.
• Genesis 16:6 — But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth (הַטּ֣וֹב) thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
• Genesis 18:7 — And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good (וָטוֹב֙), and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
• Genesis 19:8 — Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good (כַּטּ֖וֹב) in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
• Genesis 20:15 — And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth (בַּטּ֥וֹב) thee.
• Genesis 24:16 — And the damsel was very fair (טֹבַ֤ת) to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
• Genesis 24:50 — Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good (טֽוֹב).
• Genesis 25:8 — Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good (טוֹבָ֖ה) old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
• Genesis 26:7 — And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair (טוֹבַ֥ת) to look upon.
• Genesis 26:29 — That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good (ט֔וֹב), and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
• Genesis 27:9 — Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good (טֹבִ֑ים) kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
• Genesis 29:19 — And Laban said, It is better (ט֤וֹב) that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
• Genesis 30:20 — And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good (טוֹב֒) dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
• Genesis 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good (מִטּ֥וֹב) or bad.
• Genesis 31:29 — It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good (מִטּ֥וֹב) or bad.
• Genesis 40:16 — When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good (ט֣וֹב), he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
• Genesis 41:5 — And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good (וְטֹבֽוֹת).
• Genesis 41:22 — And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good (וְטֹבֽוֹת):
• Genesis 41:24 — And the thin ears devoured the seven good (הַטֹּב֑וֹת) ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
• Genesis 41:26 — The seven good (הַטֹּבֹ֗ת) kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
• Genesis 41:26 — The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good (הַטֹּבֹ֔ת) ears are seven years: the dream is one.
• Genesis 41:35 — And let them gather all the food of those good (הַטֹּבֹ֔ת) years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
• Genesis 44:4 — And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good (טוֹבָֽה)?
• Genesis 49:15 — And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
• Genesis 50:20 — But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good (לְטֹבָ֔ה), to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
• Exodus 2:2 — And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly (ט֣וֹב) child, she hid him three months.
• Exodus 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good (טוֹבָה֙) land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Exodus 14:12 — Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better (ט֥וֹב) for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
• Exodus 18:9 — And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness (הַטּוֹבָ֔ה) which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
• Exodus 18:17 — And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good (טוֹב֙).
• Leviticus 27:10 — He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good (ט֥וֹב) for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
• Leviticus 27:10 — He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good (בְּט֑וֹב): and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
• Leviticus 27:12 — And the priest shall value it, whether it be good (ט֖וֹב) or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
• Leviticus 27:14 — And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good (ט֖וֹב) or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.