tov H2896

טוֹב (tov) means “pleasant” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

טוֹב Hebrew · H2896 538 tagged occurrences in 497 verses

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Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2896A

טוֹב · tov · pleasant

adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 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) Aramaic equivalent: tav (טָב "fine" H2869)

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TBESH · H2896B

טוֹב · tov · good

1) a good thing, benefit, welfare 1a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 1b) good things (collective) 1c) good, benefit 1d) moral good

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TBESH · H2896C

טוֹבָה · to.vah · welfare

1) welfare, benefit, good things 1a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 1b) good things (collective) 1c) bounty

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H2895 (טוֹב); 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)

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

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How translators render H2896

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
good	99
better	29
the good	23
is good	21
is better	14
what is good	11
it is better	10
he is good	9
it is good	9
for good	7
a good	6
and good	6
it pleases	6
it was good	5
well	5
are good	4
beautiful	4
either good	4
kind	4
the good things	4
what was good	4
with good	4
with good things	4
and glad	3
and prosperity	3
favorably	3
good thing	3
goodness	3
in prosperity	3
the best	3
was good	3
and ripe	2
and the precious	2
anything good	2
are favorable	2
at a ripe	2
but a good	2
good has come	2
good things	2
handsome	2
his prosperity	2
is fair	2
is it better	2
is more precious	2
kindly	2
of fine	2
of good	2
of the good	2
prosperity	2
satisfaction	2
seems good	2
sound	2
success	2
the goodness	2
the gracious	2
the well-being	2
this good	2
your prosperity	2
a better	1
a generous man	1
a good thing	1
abundantly	1
am pleasing	1
and	1
and a handsome	1
and at a ripe	1
and because the gracious	1
and best	1
and better	1
and choice	1
and feel better	1
and good things	1
and handsome	1
and it pleases	1
and it seems right	1
and my good	1
and rich	1
and since the gracious	1
and splendid	1
and the good	1
and your best	1
anyone they please	1
are better	1
are kind	1
are you better	1
as	1
as good	1
as it is for the good	1
as pleasing	1
as you please	1
as you wish	1
be better	1
beautiful child	1
beneficial	1
better is	1
better off	1
better than	1
but a cheerful	1
but better	1
but prosperity	1
by a noble	1
cheerful	1
choice	1
do	1
does it please	1
even from speaking good	1
favor	1
fine	1
fit	1
for a good purpose	1
for beautiful	1
for the good and the bad	1
for the gracious	1
for their own good	1
for your own good	1
from your bounty	1
gain rich	1
good is	1
good it is	1
good tidings	1
goodness find	1
happiness	1
he is favorable	1
healthier	1
his abundant	1
i was better off	1
in a good	1
in good	1
in goodness	1
is a good	1
is best	1
is better off	1
is gracious	1
is more delightful	1
is pleasant	1
is pleasing	1
is pure	1
is so beautiful	1
is the good	1
it is a good	1
it is like fine	1
it is pleasant	1
it is well	1
it seems good	1
it went well	1
it went well with him	1
it will be well	1
it would be better	1
it would have been better	1
joyful	1
like the finest	1
may your good	1
more beautiful	1
more than good	1
my finest	1
my good	1
of a feast	1
of enjoyment	1
of his pleasing	1
of my bounty	1
of prosperity	1
of your goodness	1
only good	1
or prosperity	1
or prosperity from them	1
or sweet	1
pleasant	1
plump	1
prosper	1
right	1
right to you	1
ripe	1
she is more	1
she was an intelligent	1
should good	1
than fine	1
that it may go well	1
that saved	1
that we may always be prosperous	1
the beautiful	1
the best of them is	1
the better	1
the good man	1
the man who pleases	1
the prosperity	1
the pure	1
the upright	1
to be good	1
to good	1
to one who pleases	1
to the best	1
to this good work	1
to those who are good	1
tobiahs good deeds	1
unharmed	1
us graciously	1
very well	1
vvv	1
was favorable	1
well-being	1
were beautiful	1
what prosperity is	1
what seems good	1
whatever is good	1
whatever seems good	1
whatever you want	1
when good things	1
whether high	1
whether it is good	1
who is better	1
who is good	1
who is pleasing	1
who were better	1
will be well	1
with a cheerful	1
with favor	1
with fine	1
with prosperity	1
with rich	1
with your bounty	1
worthwhile	1
would it be well	1
you and is better	1
you must be bringing good	1
you prefer	1
your best	1
your good	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
good	160
better	55
not good	19
the good	18
for good	14
well	13
a good	11
and good	10
no good	8
in a good	7
of good	6
with good	6
and a good	4
and not for good	4
every good	4
fair	4
goodly	4
that good	4
between good	3
for all the goodness	3
him good	3
nothing better	3
the best	3
all the good	2
and goodly	2
and the precious	2
either good	2
fairer	2
for the good	2
from off the good	2
if it please	2
if it seem good	2
kindly	2
me good	2
thee good	2
them the good	2
this goodness	2
a goodlier	1
according to all the good	1
according to all the goodness	1
according to the good	1
according to the goodness	1
all the fair	1
also thy good	1
and a goodly	1
and a pleasant	1
and beautiful	1
and best	1
and better	1
and by the good	1
and cheerful	1
and fair	1
and glad	1
and merry	1
and my good	1
and on every good	1
and prosperity	1
and the good	1
and the sweet	1
and was in favour	1
and were well	1
and with a glad	1
and your goodliest	1
any good	1
are better	1
as all good	1
as it liketh	1
at ease	1
be joyful	1
beautiful	1
behold how good	1
best	1
but a good	1
but he that is of a merry	1
but it shall not be well	1
but no good	1
but well	1
fair words	1
favour	1
for a good	1
for better	1
for our good	1
for the goodness	1
for thy good	1
from good	1
from off this good	1
graciously	1
hath no better thing	1
he that hath a bountiful	1
his good deeds	1
how good	1
how much better	1
if thou be kind	1
in every good	1
in goodness	1
in goods	1
in prosperity	1
in unto that good	1
in wealth	1
into a good	1
is better	1
is merry	1
is the most	1
it a good	1
it be good	1
it is well	1
it shall be well	1
it whether it be good	1
it with fine	1
like the best	1
like the precious	1
like these good	1
loving	1
me according to the good	1
merry	1
more than good	1
my good	1
my goodly	1
my goodness	1
neither good	1
nor their prosperity	1
not better	1
not i better	1
of all his good	1
of all the good	1
of any good	1
of fine	1
of goodness	1
of prosperity	1
of the good	1
of the wellfavoured	1
of those good	1
of thy good	1
of thy goodness	1
only good	1
or their wealth	1
out of this good	1
over thee for good	1
pleasant	1
pleased	1
pleasing	1
pleasure	1
prosperity	1
ready	1
shall be with the good	1
shall have good	1
surely goodness	1
than precious	1
that goodly	1
that is better	1
that it shall be well	1
the goodliest	1
the wealth	1
the welfare	1
thee for it a better	1
thee into a good	1
thee not this good	1
thee which is better	1
them in a good	1
there are good	1
thereby good	1
this good	1
thou any thing better	1
thou good	1
through prosperity	1
thy good	1
to her as it pleaseth thee	1
to him that which shall seem good	1
to him what shall seem good	1
to the good	1
unto a good	1
unto good	1
unto him let there be fair	1
unto the best	1
unto thee his good	1
upon all them for good	1
upon them all the good	1
upon them for good	1
was good	1
was merry	1
went well	1
were better	1
were it not better	1
were merry	1
when good	1
when goods	1
where it liketh him best	1
where it pleaseth	1
whether it be good	1
which was good	1
whoso pleaseth	1
with a merry	1
with fine	1
with goodness	1
with pleasure	1
with thy goodness	1
with us yea it shall be that what goodness	1
yea better	1
you from off this good	1
you good	1
you the good	1
you this kindness	1

Verses containing H2896

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Ecclesiastes 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
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Ecclesiastes 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
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Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
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Ecclesiastes 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
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Ecclesiastes 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
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Ecclesiastes 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
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Ecclesiastes 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
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Ecclesiastes 9:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
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Ecclesiastes 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
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Ecclesiastes 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
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Song of Solomon 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
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Song of Solomon 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
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Song of Solomon 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
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Isaiah 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
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Isaiah 5:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
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Isaiah 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
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Isaiah 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
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Isaiah 38:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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Isaiah 39:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
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Isaiah 39:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
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Isaiah 41:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
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Isaiah 52:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
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Isaiah 55:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
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Isaiah 56:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
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Isaiah 65:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
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Jeremiah 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
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Jeremiah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
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Jeremiah 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
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Jeremiah 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
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Jeremiah 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
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Jeremiah 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
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Jeremiah 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
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Jeremiah 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
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Jeremiah 17:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
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Jeremiah 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
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Jeremiah 18:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
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Jeremiah 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
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Jeremiah 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
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Jeremiah 24:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
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Jeremiah 24:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
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Jeremiah 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
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Jeremiah 26:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
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Jeremiah 29:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
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Jeremiah 29:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
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Jeremiah 32:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
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Jeremiah 32:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
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