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Strong's #2895: towb (pronounced tobe)

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.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ṭôb

1) to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to be pleasant, be delightful

1a2) to be glad, be joyful

1a3) to be better

1a4) to be well with, be good for

1a5) to be pleasing

1b) (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 31 times:

Numbers 11:18: "shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh,"
Numbers 24:1: "And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless"
Numbers 24:5: "How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!"
Deuteronomy 5:33: "hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which"
Deuteronomy 19:13: "him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well"
1 Samuel 16:16: "is upon with his hand, and thou shalt be well."
1 Samuel 16:23: "with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil departed from"
2 Samuel 3:36: "of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all"
2 Samuel 13:28: "ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite"
1 Kings 8:18: "thine heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in"
1 Kings 21:2: "it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth"
2 Kings 10:30: "unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes,"
1 Chronicles 13:2: "the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God,"
2 Chronicles 6:8: "thine heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in"
Nehemiah 2:5: "And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant"
Nehemiah 2:7: "Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given"
Esther 1:10: "day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha,"
Esther 1:19: "If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from"
Esther 3:9: "If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten"
Esther 5:4: "And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman"
Esther 5:8: "in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant"
Esther 7:3: "in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given"
Esther 8:5: "And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor"
Esther 8:5: "seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written"
Esther 9:13: "Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews"
Psalms 119:68: "Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes."
Song of Solomon 4:10: "my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell"
Isaiah 3:10: "Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings."
Jeremiah 32:41: "Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly"
Hosea 14:2: "all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips."
Zechariah 11:12: "And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if"









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