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Hebrew verb · H2895

טוֹב

tobtobe

be pleasing

45 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ṭôwb

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2895is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 16 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2895

to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense

The King James renders it: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, [idiom] please, (be, do, go, play) well.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

tob is rendered "be pleasing". It stands 45 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:4ט֑וֹב

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in sixteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 23 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • good17
  • it was good8
  • it is good4
  • and it will be good2
  • they are good2
  • you did well2
  • ¿ really good1
  • and he was good1
  • and will be good1
  • it has been good1
  • it was well1
  • like good1

and 4 more, 45 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

טוֹבtobpleasantUses538

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 45, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ט֑וֹב7
  • טֽוֹב׃7
  • ט֥וֹב4
  • ט֣וֹב3
  • וְט֣וֹב2
  • טוֹב֙2
  • ט֖וֹב2
  • הֲט֥וֹב1
  • הֱֽטִיב֔וֹתָ1
  • הֱטִיבֹ֔תָ1
  • הֱטִיבֹ֙תָ֙1
  • וְט֥וֹב1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular32HVqp3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3ms3Hc/Vqq3ms
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vqcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhp2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1HC/Aamsa
  • question particle + adjective · masculine singular1HTi/Aamsa

Genesis

seven uses
  • And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

    Genesis 1:4

    • ט֑וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

    Genesis 1:10

    • טֽוֹב׃tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

    Genesis 1:12

    • טֽוֹב׃tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

    Genesis 1:18

    • טֽוֹב׃tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

    Genesis 1:21

    • טֽוֹב׃tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

    Genesis 1:25

    • טֽוֹב׃tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

    Genesis 49:15

    • ט֔וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was good

Numbers

three uses
  • And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

    Numbers 11:18

    • ט֥וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was good
  • And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

    Numbers 24:1

    • ט֞וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was good
  • How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!

    Numbers 24:5

    • טֹּ֥בוּtouverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are good

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

    Deuteronomy 5:33

    • וְט֣וֹבvetovHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be good
  • But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

    Deuteronomy 15:16

    • ט֥וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been good
  • You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.

    Deuteronomy 19:13

    • וְט֥וֹבvetovHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be good

Judges

three uses
  • Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

    Judges 11:25

    • הֲט֥וֹבhatovquestion particle + adjective · masculine singulartagged: ¿ really good
    • טוֹב֙tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

    Judges 16:25

    • כְּט֣וֹבketovpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: like good

1 Samuel

two uses
  • And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.

    1 Samuel 2:26

    • וָט֑וֹבvatovconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and he was good
  • When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

    1 Samuel 25:36

    • ט֣וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was good

2 Samuel

five uses
  • Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

    2 Samuel 3:19

    • טוֹב֙tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was good
  • All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

    2 Samuel 3:36

    • טֽוֹב׃tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was good
  • Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

    2 Samuel 13:28

    • כְּט֨וֹבketovpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when is good
  • But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

    2 Samuel 15:26

    • ט֖וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is good
  • Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

    2 Samuel 19:37

    • ט֖וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is good

1 Kings

two uses
  • But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

    1 Kings 8:18

    • הֱטִיבֹ֔תָhetivotaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you did well
  • So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

    1 Kings 21:2

    • ט֣וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good

2 Kings

one use
  • Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

    2 Kings 10:30

    • הֱטִיבֹ֙תָ֙hetivotaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have done well

2 Chronicles

one use
  • But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

    2 Chronicles 6:8

    • הֱֽטִיב֔וֹתָhetivotaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you did well

Esther

one use
  • On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—

    Esther 1:10

    • כְּט֥וֹבketovpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when was good

Psalms

ten uses
  • Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

    Psalms 34:8

    • ט֣וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

    Psalms 52:9

    • ט֝֗וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.

    Psalms 54:6

    • טֽוֹב׃tovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

    Psalms 92:1

    • ט֗וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    Psalms 106:1

    • ט֑וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    Psalms 107:1

    • ט֑וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    Psalms 118:1

    • ט֑וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    Psalms 118:29

    • ט֑וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good
  • It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

    Psalms 119:71

    • טֽוֹב־tov-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was good
  • For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

    Psalms 128:2

    • וְט֣וֹבvetovHc/Vqq3mstagged: and will be good

Song of Solomon

one use
  • How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.

    Song of Solomon 4:10

    • טֹּ֤בוּtouverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are good

Isaiah

one use
  • Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

    Isaiah 3:10

    • ט֑וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: good

Jeremiah

three uses
  • Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

    Jeremiah 22:15

    • ט֥וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was well
  • He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 22:16

    • ט֑וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: was well
  • But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”

    Jeremiah 40:4

    • ט֨וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is good

Hosea

one use
  • She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

    Hosea 2:7

    • ט֥וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was good

Zechariah

one use
  • Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

    Zechariah 11:12

    • ט֧וֹבtovverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is good

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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