טוֹב tov

Hebrew word for “pleasant” · Strong’s H2896 · used 538 times in 497 verses

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Meaning

adj; 1) good, pleasant, agreeable;

Senses in the lexicon

• pleasant (384)
• good (90)
• welfare (64)

How it is translated

Glosses given for tov in context, with how often each is used:

• good 486
• good things 11
• good thing 5
• fine 4
• good people 4
• good person 4
• person good 4
• goodness 3
• place good 2
• better 2
• ¿ good 2
• good place 2

Where it is used

Also in 23 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ecclesiastes 7 (11), Proverbs 15 (6), Proverbs 16 (6), Genesis 41 (5), 1 Samuel 25 (5), Nehemiah 2 (5), Psalms 119 (5), Ecclesiastes 4 (5), Ecclesiastes 9 (5), Lamentations 3 (5)

Forms

• טוב 251
• טובה 49
• הטוב 49
• הטובה 37
• טובים 21
• וטוב 17
• לטובה 15
• בטוב 13
• לטוב 12
• כטוב 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tov more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רַע ra “bad” 84
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 60
• דָּבָר davar “word” 62
• רָאָה raah “to see” 55
• אִם im “if” 47
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 41
• זֶה zeh “this” 38
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 41
• מִן־ min “from” 36
• אֶחָד echad “one” 32
• גַּם gam “also” 30
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 32

Key verses

The verses using tov that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing…
• 1 Kings 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a…
• 1 Kings 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth…
• 2 Kings 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And…
• Psalms 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Psalms 86:5 — For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
• Jeremiah 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.…
• Jeremiah 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Lamentations 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• Hosea 14:2 — Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
• Micah 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.