טוּבṭûwb
good things, goods, goodness
Pronunciation: toob · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2898
Meanings
1. good things (Genesis 45:18; Genesis 45:20; Genesis 45:23)
2. goods, property (Genesis 24:10; Deuteronomy 6:11; 2 Kings 8:9)
3. abstract
a. fairness, beauty (Hosea 10:11; Zechariah 9:17; Exodus 33:19)
b. joy (Deuteronomy 28:47; Isaiah 65:14)
c. prosperity (Job 20:21; Job 21:16; Psalms 128:5)
d. goodness (Psalms 119:66)
4. abstract, goodness of God
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 32 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 24:10 Then he loaded ten of Abraham’s camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham’s brother Nahor had settled.
- Genesis 45:18 Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the best that the land produces.’”
- Genesis 45:20 Don’t worry about your personal belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
- Genesis 45:23 He also sent his father ten male donkeys loaded with the finest products of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other supplies he would need on his journey.
- Exodus 33:19 The Lord replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.
- Deuteronomy 6:11 The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land,
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).