טוֹבṭôwb
pleasing, good
Pronunciation: tobe · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2895
Meanings
Qal: construct (Numbers 11:18; Numbers 24:5; Song of Solomon 4:10)
1. be pleasant, delightful (Numbers 24:5; Song of Solomon 4:10)
2. be glad, joyful (Judges 16:25; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28)
3. of rank, position, claim (Judges 11:25)
4. be well with, good for (Numbers 11:18; Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 15:16)
5. be pleasing (Numbers 24:1; 2 Samuel 3:19; 2 Samuel 3:36)
Hiph`il: do well, act right (2 Chronicles 6:8; 1 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 10:30)
Same root
- טָבְאֵלṭâbᵉʼêl · H2870Tabeel, the name of a Syrian and of a Persian
- טַבְרִמּוֹןṬabrimmôwn · H2886Tabrimmon, a Syrian
- טוֹבṭôwb · H2896good (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)
- טוּבṭûwb · H2898good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
Where it appears
Appears 45 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:10 God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
See every passage
- Genesis 1:4, 1:10, 1:12, 1:18, 1:21, 1:25, 49:15
- Numbers 11:18, 24:1, 24:5
- Deuteronomy 5:33, 15:16, 19:13
- Judges 11:25, 16:25
- 1 Samuel 2:26, 25:36
- 2 Samuel 3:19, 3:36, 13:28, 15:26, 19:37
- 1 Kings 8:18, 21:2
- 2 Kings 10:30
- 2 Chronicles 6:8
- Esther 1:10
- Psalms 34:8, 52:9, 54:6, 92:1, 106:1, 107:1, 118:1, 118:29, 119:71, 128:2
- Song of Solomon 4:10
- Isaiah 3:10
- Jeremiah 22:15, 22:16, 40:4
- Hosea 2:7
- Zechariah 11:12
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).