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טוֹב

tov

be pleasing

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Strong’s H2895Verb45 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

it was good14

it is good7

he is good4

good3

is good3

they are good2

it will be good2

you did well2

In the text

Genesis 1:4טוֹב
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Numbers 11:18טוֹב
And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
Deuteronomy 5:33וְטוֹב
You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Judges 11:25הֲטוֹב
Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
2 Samuel 3:19טוֹב
Abner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
Psalm 52:9טוֹב
I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

טוֹב vb. pleasing, good

Qal

1. be pleasant, delightful

2. be glad, joyful

3. of rank, position, claim: art thou really better than Balak?

4. be well with, good for

5. be pleasing

Hiph. do well, act right

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.