Strong's Lexicon tob: Good, pleasant, agreeable, beneficial Original Word: טוֹב Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 18 (ἀγαθός, agathos): Good, beneficial - Strong's Greek 2570 (καλός, kalos): Beautiful, good, noble Usage: The Hebrew word "tob" primarily conveys the idea of goodness in various dimensions, including moral goodness, aesthetic beauty, and practical benefit. As an adjective, it describes something that is good, pleasant, or agreeable. As a noun, it can refer to the concept of goodness or welfare. As a verb, it implies doing good or acting beneficially. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of "tob" was deeply intertwined with the understanding of God's creation and His moral standards. The word is famously used in the creation narrative in Genesis, where God repeatedly declares His creation as "good." This reflects the intrinsic value and orderliness that God imbued in the world. In the context of Israelite society, "tob" also encompassed the idea of communal welfare and ethical living according to God's commandments. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to be pleasing or good NASB Translation any (1), did well (2), done well (1), fair (1), go well (1), good (1), good (5), high (1), merry (3), please (2), pleased* (2), pleases (4), pleases* (2), pleasing (1), well (8), well-off (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs I. טוֺב verb pleasing, good (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il; also derivatives; Arabic  , medial  , be pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet or savoury in taste or odour, be pure and clean, cheerful, gleeful (Lane); Aramaic  ,  , טְאֵב, טַב, טַיֵּב and especially derivatives glad, joyful; Assyrian ‰âbu, be good, kind, acceptable, joyful, vigorous DlHWB 299) — Qal Perfect טוֺב Numbers 11:18 32t.; plural טֹבוּ Numbers 24:5; Songs 4:10; (Imperfect יִיטַב from יָטַב); Infinitive absolute טוֺב Judges 11:25; construct טוֺב Jeremiah 32:39 6t., כְּטוֺב Judges 16:25 Qr (Kt כי טוב); Participle טוֺב Judges 11:25; 1 Samuel 2:26; (for these forms see Bö§ 1133, 4 SS under the word; Ges recognizes only Perfects and fewer of them than above. It is often difficult to decide between verb and adjective ); — 1 be pleasant, delightful, of tents of Jacob Numbers 24:5 (J E; poetry); of caresses Songs 4:10 (followed by מִיַּיִן compare) 2 be glad, joyful טוֺב לֵב Judges 16:25 (Qr), 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Esther 1:10 (see טוּב 2c). 3 of rank, position, claim: הֲטוֺב טוֺב אתה מבלק Judges 11:25 art thou really better than Balak? 4 טוֺב לְ be well with, good for Numbers 11:18 (J), Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 15:16; Deuteronomy 19:13; 1 Samuel 16:16,23; 2 Samuel 14:32; Psalm 119:71; Psalm 128:2; Jeremiah 22:15; so (that is לוֺ) Isaiah 3:10 it is well (with him); אז טוב Jeremiah 22:16 (compare Jeremiah 22:15); טוֺב אֶלֿ 1 Samuel 20:12 there is good toward David 5 be pleasing טוֺב בְּעֵינֵי (see II. טוֺב 2b c f) Numbers 24:1 (J) 2 Samuel 3:19,36; 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Samuel 19:38; אִם טוֺב בְּעֵינֵי 1 Kings 21:2; Jeremiah 40:4,4; Zechariah 11:12; later usage is אִם טוֺב עַל if it seem good unto (so Assyrian ‰âbu eli, be pleasing unto, DlHWB 300 a), 1 Chronicles 13:2; Nehemiah 2:5,7; Esther 1:19; Esther 3:9; Esther 5:4,8; Esther 7:3; Esther 8:5; Esther 9:13 (compare טוֺב adjective ). Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular הֱטִיבוֺתָ2Chronicles 6:8, הֱטִיבֹתָ 1 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 10:30; — do well, act right, followed by כִּי that 1 Kings 8:18 thou didst well, that it was in thine heart = 2 Chronicles 6:8; followed by infinitive with לְ 2 Kings 10:30 thou hast done well in performing what was right in mine eyes. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be do better, cheer, be do, seem good, make goodly, please, be, do, A primitive root, to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense -- be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, X please, (be, do, go, play) well. Forms and Transliterations הֱֽטִיב֔וֹתָ הֱטִיבֹ֔תָ הֱטִיבֹ֙תָ֙ הֵיטִ֣יבָה הטיבות הטיבת היטיבה וְהֵטִֽבֹתִי֙ וְט֣וֹב וְט֥וֹב וּמֵטִ֗יב וּמֵטִ֣ב והטבתי וטוב ומטב ומטיב ט֑וֹב ט֔וֹב ט֗וֹב ט֜וֹב ט֞וֹב ט֥וֹב טֹּ֤בוּ טֹּ֥בוּ טבו טוֹבָ֤ה טוב טובה לְהֵטִ֣יב להטיב hê·ṭî·ḇāh hĕ·ṭî·ḇō·ṯā heiTivah hĕṭî·ḇō·w·ṯā hêṭîḇāh hĕṭîḇōṯā hĕṭîḇōwṯā hetiVota lə·hê·ṭîḇ ləhêṭîḇ leheTiv ṭō·ḇū ṭō·w·ḇāh ṭō·wḇ ṭōḇū Tou Tov toVah ṭōwḇ ṭōwḇāh ū·mê·ṭiḇ ū·mê·ṭîḇ ūmêṭiḇ ūmêṭîḇ umeTiv vehetivoTi veTov wə·hê·ṭi·ḇō·ṯî wə·ṭō·wḇ wəhêṭiḇōṯî wəṭōwḇLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Numbers 11:18 HEB: בָּשָׂ֔ר כִּי־ ט֥וֹב לָ֖נוּ בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם NAS: to eat! For we were well-off in Egypt. KJV: to eat? for [it was] well with us in Egypt: INT: meat for were well-off Egypt will give Numbers 24:1 Numbers 24:5 Deuteronomy 5:33 Deuteronomy 15:16 Judges 9:16 1 Samuel 16:16 1 Samuel 16:23 1 Kings 8:18 2 Kings 10:30 1 Chronicles 13:2 2 Chronicles 6:8 Nehemiah 2:5 Nehemiah 2:7 Esther 1:19 Esther 3:9 Esther 5:4 Esther 5:8 Esther 7:3 Psalm 119:68 Psalm 125:4 Songs 4:10 Jeremiah 32:41 Ezekiel 33:32 Ezekiel 36:11 25 Occurrences |
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