טוּב tuv

Hebrew word for “goodness” · Strong’s H2898 · used 32 times in 31 verses

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Meaning

1) goods, good things, goodness;

How it is translated

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

• goodness 14
• good things 9
• good thing 4
• prosperity 3
• some of the good things 1
• will be goodness 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 45 (3), Nehemiah 9 (3), Jeremiah 31 (2), Genesis 24 (1), Exodus 33 (1), Deuteronomy 6 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), 2 Kings 8 (1), Ezra 9 (1), Job 20 (1)

Forms

• טוב 12
• בטוב 4
• טובו 3
• טובך 3
• מטוב 2
• טובי 2
• ובטוב 1
• בטובך 1
• ובטובך 1
• טובה 1

Words used with it

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

• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 8
• שָׂבֵעַ sava “to satisfy” 4
• רָנַן ranan “to sing” 3
• רַב rav “many” 4
• שָׁמֵן shamen “rich” 2
• רֹב rov “abundance” 3
• חָצַב chatsav “to hew” 2
• זַיִת zayit “olive” 2
• תִּירוֹשׁ tirosh “new wine” 2
• דָּגָן dagan “grain” 2
• גָּמָל gamal “camel” 2
• בּוֹר bor “pit” 2

Key verses

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

• Nehemiah 9:25 — And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so…
• Psalms 25:7 — Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
• Psalms 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
• Psalms 31:19 — Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
• Psalms 65:4 — Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy…
• Isaiah 1:19 — If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
• Isaiah 63:7 — I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward…
• Jeremiah 2:7 — And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage…
• Jeremiah 31:12 — Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for…
• Jeremiah 31:14 — And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
• Hosea 3:5 — Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
• Zechariah 9:17 — For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

See all 31 verses in the Word Atlas

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.