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
- Proverbs 15:15 וְטֽוֹב־
All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
- Proverbs 15:16 טוֹב־
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
- Proverbs 15:17 ט֤וֹב
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Proverbs 15:23 טּֽוֹב׃
A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 15:30 ט֝וֹבָ֗ה
The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
- Proverbs 16:8 טוֹב־
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
- Proverbs 16:16 טּ֥וֹב
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 16:19 ט֣וֹב
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- Proverbs 16:20 ט֑וֹב
Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
- Proverbs 16:29 טֽוֹב׃
A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- Proverbs 16:32 ט֤וֹב
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 17:1 ט֤וֹב
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- Proverbs 17:13 טוֹבָ֑ה
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
- Proverbs 17:20 ט֑וֹב
The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 17:26 ט֑וֹב
It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
- Proverbs 18:5 ט֑וֹב
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
- Proverbs 18:22 ט֑וֹב
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- Proverbs 19:1 טֽוֹב־
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- Proverbs 19:2 ט֑וֹב
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
- Proverbs 19:8 טֽוֹב׃
He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
- Proverbs 19:22 וְטֽוֹב־
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
- Proverbs 20:23 טֽוֹב׃
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Proverbs 21:9 ט֗וֹב
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19 ט֗וֹב
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 22:1 טֽוֹב׃
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
- Proverbs 22:9 טֽוֹב־
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- Proverbs 24:13 ט֑וֹב
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
- Proverbs 24:23 טֽוֹב׃
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Proverbs 24:25 טֽוֹב׃
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
- Proverbs 25:7 ט֥וֹב
for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
- Proverbs 25:24 ט֗וֹב
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 25:25 ט֝וֹבָ֗ה
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
- Proverbs 25:27 ט֑וֹב
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
- Proverbs 27:5 ט֭וֹבָה
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
- Proverbs 27:10 ט֥וֹב
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
- Proverbs 28:6 טֽוֹב־
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
- Proverbs 28:10 טֽוֹב׃
He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
- Proverbs 28:21 ט֑וֹב
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- Proverbs 31:12 ט֣וֹב
She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
- Proverbs 31:18 ט֣וֹב
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 בְט֑וֹב
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 ט֜וֹב
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 ט֤וֹבט֖וֹב
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 שֶׁטּ֣וֹבלְטוֹב֙
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12 ט֖וֹבט֖וֹב
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
- Ecclesiastes 3:13 ט֖וֹב
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 טוֹב֙
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
- Ecclesiastes 4:3 וְטוֹב֙
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:6 ט֕וֹב
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 מִטּוֹבָ֔ה
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.