טוֹב
tov
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)
1. a good thing, benefit, welfare
a. welfare, prosperity, happiness
b. good things (collective)
c. good, benefit
d. moral good
1. welfare, benefit, good things
a. welfare, prosperity, happiness
b. good things (collective)
c. bounty
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 519 verses
- 2 Chronicles 12:12 טוֹבִֽים׃ס
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 14:2 הַטּ֣וֹב
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
- 2 Chronicles 18:7 לְטוֹבָה֙
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask 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.
- 2 Chronicles 18:12 ט֖וֹבטּֽוֹב׃
Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:17 ט֖וֹב
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 טוֹבִ֖ים
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- 2 Chronicles 19:11 הַטּֽוֹב׃פ
Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”
- 2 Chronicles 21:13 הַטּוֹבִ֥ים
but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.
- 2 Chronicles 24:16 טוֹבָה֙
And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
- 2 Chronicles 30:18 הַטּ֖וֹב
A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 ט֖וֹב
And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20 הַטּ֤וֹב
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
- Ezra 3:11 ט֔וֹב
And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
- Ezra 7:9 הַטּוֹבָ֥ה
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
- Ezra 8:18 הַטּוֹבָ֤ה
And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
- Ezra 8:22 לְטוֹבָ֔ה
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
- Ezra 8:27 טוֹבָה֙
20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
- Ezra 9:12 וְטוֹבָתָ֖ם
Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
- Nehemiah 2:5 ט֔וֹב
and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
- Nehemiah 2:7 ט֔וֹב
I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
- Nehemiah 2:8 הַטּוֹבָ֥ה
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
- Nehemiah 2:10 טוֹבָ֖ה
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
- Nehemiah 2:18 טוֹבָ֣הלַטּוֹבָֽה׃פ
I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
- Nehemiah 5:9 ט֥וֹב
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
- Nehemiah 5:19 לְטוֹבָ֑ה
Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
- Nehemiah 6:19 טוֹבֹתָ֗יו
Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
- Nehemiah 9:13 טוֹבִֽים׃
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
- Nehemiah 9:20 הַטּוֹבָ֔ה
You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
- Nehemiah 13:31 לְטוֹבָֽה׃
I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
- Esther 1:11 טוֹבַ֥ת
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.
- Esther 1:19 ט֗וֹבהַטּוֹבָ֥ה
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.
- Esther 2:2 טוֹב֥וֹת
Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
- Esther 2:3 טוֹבַ֨ת
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.
- Esther 2:7 וְטוֹבַ֣ת
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 in as his own daughter.
- Esther 2:9 לְט֖וֹב
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.
- Esther 3:9 ט֔וֹב
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.”
- Esther 3:11 כַּטּ֥וֹב
“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
- Esther 5:4 ט֑וֹב
“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
- Esther 5:8 ט֔וֹב
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.”
- Esther 5:9 וְט֣וֹב
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.
- Esther 7:3 ט֑וֹב
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.
- Esther 7:9 ט֣וֹב
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.
- Esther 8:5 ט֜וֹבוְטוֹבָ֥ה
“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.
- Esther 8:8 כַּטּ֤וֹב
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.”
- Esther 8:17 ט֑וֹב
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.
- Esther 9:13 ט֔וֹב
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.”
- Esther 9:19 ט֑וֹב
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.
- Esther 9:22 ט֑וֹב
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.
- Esther 10:3 טוֹב֙
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.
- Job 2:10 הַטּ֗וֹב
“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.