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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2898

טוּב

tubtoob

goodness

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

Concordance spelling: ṭûwb

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2898is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 24
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2898

good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare

The King James renders it: fair, gladness, good(-ness, thing, -s), joy, go well with.

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

tub is rendered "goodness". It stands 32 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.

The first use

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

Genesis 24:10ט֥וּב

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

Where the word stands

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

The other 26 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

  • good thing of5
  • goodness your3
  • good thing2
  • goodness of2
  • the good thing of2
  • and good thing its1
  • and in goodness your1
  • and with goodness of1
  • by goodness of1
  • from goodness of1
  • good thing its1
  • good thing my1

and 11 more, 32 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.

All 32, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

24 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

  • בְּט֣וּב3
  • ט֣וּב3
  • ט֥וּב2
  • טוּב֙2
  • טוּבְךָ֣2
  • מִטּ֣וּב2
  • בְּֽטוּב־1
  • בְּטוּבְךָ֥1
  • וּבְט֣וּב1
  • וּבְטוּבְךָ֨1
  • וְטוּבָ֑הּ1
  • ט֛וּב1

and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)9HNcmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HR/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms

Genesis

four uses
  • Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

    Genesis 24:10

    • ט֥וּבtuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the good thing of
  • Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

    Genesis 45:18

    • טוּב֙tuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: good thing of
  • But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

    Genesis 45:20

    • ט֛וּבtuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: good thing of
  • And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.

    Genesis 45:23

    • מִטּ֣וּבmituvpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: some of good thing of

Exodus

one use
  • “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

    Exodus 33:19

    • טוּבִי֙tuvinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: goodness my

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,

    Deuteronomy 6:11

    • טוּב֮tuvnoun · masculine singulartagged: good thing
  • Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

    Deuteronomy 28:47

    • וּבְט֣וּבuvetuvconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and with goodness of

2 Kings

one use
  • So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

    2 Kings 8:9

    • ט֣וּבtuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the good thing of

Ezra

one use
  • Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

    Ezra 9:12

    • ט֣וּבtuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: good thing of

Nehemiah

four uses
  • They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

    Nehemiah 9:25

    • ט֠וּבtuvnoun · masculine singulartagged: good thing
    • בְּטוּבְךָ֥betuvekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in goodness your
  • For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

    Nehemiah 9:35

    • וּבְטוּבְךָ֨uvetuvekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and in goodness your
  • So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!

    Nehemiah 9:36

    • טוּבָ֔הּtuvahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: good thing its

Job

two uses
  • Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

    Job 20:21

    • טוּבֽוֹ׃tuvonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: prosperity his
  • Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

    Job 21:16

    • טוּבָ֑םtuvamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: prosperity their

Psalms

seven uses
  • Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

    Psalms 25:7

    • טוּבְךָ֣tuvekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: goodness your
  • Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

    Psalms 27:13

    • בְּֽטוּב־betuv-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on goodness of
  • How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

    Psalms 31:19

    • טוּבְךָ֮tuvekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: goodness your
  • Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.

    Psalms 65:4

    • בְּט֣וּבbetuvpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by goodness of
  • Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

    Psalms 119:66

    • ט֤וּבtuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: goodness of
  • May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,

    Psalms 128:5

    • בְּט֣וּבbetuvpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on good thing of
  • They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

    Psalms 145:7

    • טוּבְךָ֣tuvekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: goodness your

Proverbs

one use
  • When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

    Proverbs 11:10

    • בְּט֣וּבbetuvpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in prosperity of

Isaiah

three uses
  • If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

    Isaiah 1:19

    • ט֥וּבtuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: good thing of
  • I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

    Isaiah 63:7

    • טוּב֙tuvnoun · masculine singulartagged: goodness
  • My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

    Isaiah 65:14

    • מִטּ֣וּבmituvpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from goodness of

Jeremiah

three uses
  • I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.

    Jeremiah 2:7

    • וְטוּבָ֑הּvetuvahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and good thing its
  • They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

    Jeremiah 31:12

    • ט֣וּבtuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: good thing of
  • I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 31:14

    • טוּבִ֥יtuvinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: good thing my

Hosea

two uses
  • Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

    Hosea 3:5

    • טוּב֖וֹtuvonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: goodness his
  • Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.

    Hosea 10:11

    • ט֖וּבtuvnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: goodness of

Zechariah

one use
  • How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.

    Zechariah 9:17

    • טּוּב֖וֹtuvonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: goodness its

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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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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