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Strong's #2896: towb (pronounced tobe)

from 2895; good (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):--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ṭôb

1) good, pleasant, agreeable (adjective)

1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)

1c) good, excellent (of its kind)

1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation

1e) good, appropriate, becoming

1f) better (comparative)

1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man' s sensuous nature)

1h) good understanding (of man' s intellectual nature)

1i) good, kind, benign

1j) good, right (ethical)

2) a good thing, benefit, welfare (noun masculine)

2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness

2b) good things (collective)

2c) good, benefit

2d) moral good

3) welfare, benefit, good things (noun feminine)

3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness

3b) good things (collective)

3c) bounty

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Relation: from H2895



Usage:

This word is used 553 times:

Zechariah 1:17: "of hosts; My cities through prosperity through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD"
Zechariah 8:19: "of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace."
Malachi 2:17: "Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth"









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