טוֹב

tov

Hebrew H2896 Adjective 562 occurrences in 519 verses
טוֹב pleasant

adj

1. good, pleasant, agreeable

a. pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

b. pleasant (to the higher nature)

c. good, excellent (of its kind)

d. good, rich, valuable in estimation

e. good, appropriate, becoming

f. better (comparative)

g. glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)

h. good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)

i. good, kind, benign

j. good, right (ethical)

Aramaic equivalent: tav (טָב "fine" H2869)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 519 verses

  1. Ruth 4:15 ט֣וֹבָה

    He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

  2. 1 Samuel 1:8 ט֣וֹב

    “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

  3. 1 Samuel 1:23 הַטּ֣וֹב

    “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

  4. 1 Samuel 2:24 טוֹבָ֤ה

    No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

  5. 1 Samuel 3:18 הַטּ֥וֹב

    So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

  6. 1 Samuel 8:14 הַטּוֹבִ֖ים

    He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

  7. 1 Samuel 8:16 הַטּוֹבִ֛ים

    And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

  8. 1 Samuel 9:2 וָט֔וֹבט֣וֹב

    And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

  9. 1 Samuel 9:10 ט֥וֹב

    “Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.

  10. 1 Samuel 11:10 הַטּ֖וֹב

    Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”

  11. 1 Samuel 12:23 הַטּוֹבָ֖ה

    As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

  12. 1 Samuel 14:36 הַטּ֥וֹב

    And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”

  13. 1 Samuel 14:40 הַטּ֥וֹב

    Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.

  14. 1 Samuel 15:9 הַטּ֔וֹב

    Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

  15. 1 Samuel 15:22 ט֔וֹב

    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

  16. 1 Samuel 15:28 הַטּ֥וֹב

    So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

  17. 1 Samuel 16:12 וְט֣וֹב

    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”

  18. 1 Samuel 16:16 וְט֥וֹב

    Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”

  19. 1 Samuel 16:23 וְט֣וֹב

    And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.

  20. 1 Samuel 19:4 ט֔וֹבטוֹב־

    Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

  21. 1 Samuel 20:7 ט֖וֹב

    If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

  22. 1 Samuel 20:12 ט֖וֹב

    and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?

  23. 1 Samuel 24:17 הַטּוֹבָ֔ה

    and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

  24. 1 Samuel 24:18 טוֹבָ֑ה

    And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

  25. 1 Samuel 24:19 טוֹבָ֑הטוֹבָ֔ה

    When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.

  26. 1 Samuel 25:3 טֽוֹבַת־

    His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

  27. 1 Samuel 25:8 ט֖וֹב

    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”

  28. 1 Samuel 25:15 טֹבִ֥ים

    Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.

  29. 1 Samuel 25:21 טוֹבָֽה׃

    Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

  30. 1 Samuel 25:30 הַטּוֹבָ֖ה

    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,

  31. 1 Samuel 26:16 ט֞וֹב

    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

  32. 1 Samuel 27:1 ט֜וֹב

    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

  33. 1 Samuel 29:6 וְט֣וֹבט֥וֹב

    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.

  34. 1 Samuel 29:9 ט֥וֹב

    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

  35. 2 Samuel 2:6 הַטּוֹבָ֣ה

    Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.

  36. 2 Samuel 3:13 ט֔וֹב

    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

  37. 2 Samuel 7:28 הַטּוֹבָ֖ה

    And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

  38. 2 Samuel 10:12 הַטּ֖וֹב

    Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

  39. 2 Samuel 11:2 טוֹבַ֥ת

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

  40. 2 Samuel 13:22 ט֑וֹב

    And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.

  41. 2 Samuel 14:17 הַטּ֣וֹב

    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.’”

  42. 2 Samuel 14:32 ט֥וֹב

    “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.”

  43. 2 Samuel 15:3 טוֹבִ֣ים

    Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

  44. 2 Samuel 16:12 טוֹבָ֔ה

    Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”

  45. 2 Samuel 17:7 טוֹבָ֧ה

    Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”

  46. 2 Samuel 17:14 טוֹבָ֗ההַטּוֹבָ֔ה

    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.

  47. 2 Samuel 18:3 ט֔וֹב

    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will pay no attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not care; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for now if you support us from the city.”

  48. 2 Samuel 18:27 ט֣וֹבטוֹבָ֖ה

    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.”

  49. 2 Samuel 19:18 הַטּ֖וֹב

    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

  50. 2 Samuel 19:27 הַטּ֖וֹב

    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.

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