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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:

Nehemiah 9:13: "them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:"
Nehemiah 9:20: "Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest thy manna from their mouth,"
Nehemiah 13:31: "and for the firstfruits. me, O my God, for good."
Esther 1:11: "her beauty: for she was fair to look on."
Esther 1:19: "Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than"
Esther 2:2: "the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair virgins sought"
Esther 2:3: "that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto"
Esther 2:7: "father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai,"
Esther 2:9: "to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house"
Esther 5:9: "Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad but when Haman saw"
Esther 7:9: "for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house"
Esther 8:8: "ye also for the Jews, as it liketh name, and seal"
Esther 8:17: "and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day."
Esther 9:19: "day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending"
Esther 9:22: "was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day:"
Esther 10:3: "of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all"
Job 2:10: "What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not"
Job 7:7: "more see good."
Job 9:25: "they flee away, no good."
Job 10:3: " Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise of thine hands, and shine"
Job 13:9: " Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man another, do ye so mock"
Job 21:13: "They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down"
Job 21:25: "of his soul, and never with pleasure."
Job 22:18: "Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel is far from"
Job 22:21: "now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good"
Job 30:26: "When I looked for good, then evil came for light, there came"
Job 34:4: "let us know among ourselves what is good."
Job 36:11: "and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures."
Psalms 4:6: "that say, Who will show us any good? lift thou up the light of thy countenance"
Psalms 14:1: "works, there is none that doeth good."
Psalms 14:3: "become filthy: there is none good, no, not one."
Psalms 16:2: "unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness to"
Psalms 21:3: "For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest of pure gold on his head."
Psalms 23:6: "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all of my life: and I will dwell"
Psalms 25:8: " Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach in the way."
Psalms 25:13: "His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit"
Psalms 34:8: "and see that the LORD is good: is the man that trusteth"
Psalms 34:10: "want any good"
Psalms 34:12: "and loveth that he may see good?"
Psalms 34:14: "Depart from evil, and do good; seek and pursue"
Psalms 35:12: "They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling"
Psalms 36:4: "a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil."
Psalms 37:3: "Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell and verily thou shalt be fed."
Psalms 37:16: "A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many"
Psalms 37:27: "from evil, and do good; forevermore."
Psalms 38:20: "They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; I follow the thing that good"
Psalms 38:20: "are mine adversaries; I follow the thing that good"
Psalms 39:2: "I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; even from good; and my sorrow"
Psalms 45:1: "of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made"
Psalms 52:3: "Thou lovest evil more than good; more than good; and lying rather than to speak"









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