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)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 519 verses
- Ecclesiastes 4:9 טוֹבִ֥יםט֖וֹב
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13 ט֛וֹב
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
- Ecclesiastes 5:5 ט֖וֹב
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
- Ecclesiastes 5:11 הַטּוֹבָ֔ה
When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 ט֣וֹבטוֹבָ֜ה
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3 הַטּוֹבָ֔הט֥וֹב
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
- Ecclesiastes 6:6 וְטוֹבָ֖ה
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 ט֛וֹב
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 טּ֨וֹב
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 7:1 ט֥וֹבט֑וֹב
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 ט֞וֹב
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 ט֥וֹב
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:5 ט֕וֹב
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8 ט֛וֹבט֥וֹב
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
- Ecclesiastes 7:10 טוֹבִ֖ים
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11 טוֹבָ֥ה
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 טוֹבָה֙בְט֔וֹב
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 ט֚וֹב
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 טּ֖וֹב
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 ט֞וֹב
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12 טּוֹב֙
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
- Ecclesiastes 8:13 וְטוֹב֙
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
- Ecclesiastes 8:15 ט֤וֹב
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 לַטּוֹב֙כַּטּוֹב֙
It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 ט֔וֹב
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 ט֖וֹב
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Ecclesiastes 9:16 טוֹבָ֥ה
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:18 טוֹבָ֥הטוֹבָ֥ה
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 טוֹבִֽים׃
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
- Ecclesiastes 11:7 וְט֥וֹב
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14 ט֖וֹב
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Song of Solomon 1:2 טוֹבִ֥ים
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
- Song of Solomon 1:3 טוֹבִ֔ים
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
- Song of Solomon 7:9 הַטּ֛וֹב
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
- Isaiah 3:10 ט֑וֹב
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Isaiah 5:9 וְטוֹבִ֖ים
I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
- Isaiah 5:20 ט֖וֹבוְלַטּ֣וֹב
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
- Isaiah 7:15 בַּטּֽוֹב׃
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
- Isaiah 7:16 בַּטּ֑וֹב
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
- Isaiah 38:3 וְהַטּ֥וֹב
saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Isaiah 39:2 הַטּ֗וֹב
And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
- Isaiah 39:8 ט֥וֹב
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
- Isaiah 41:7 ט֣וֹב
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
- Isaiah 52:7 ט֖וֹב
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Isaiah 55:2 ט֔וֹב
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
- Isaiah 56:5 ט֖וֹב
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
- Isaiah 65:2 ט֔וֹב
All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
- Jeremiah 5:25 הַטּ֖וֹב
Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
- Jeremiah 6:16 הַטּוֹב֙
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
- Jeremiah 6:20 הַטּ֖וֹב
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”