טוֹב
ṭôwb · tobe
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root,
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, [idiom] please, (be, do, go, play) well.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within
To surround and contain that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טוֹב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- if it please4 · 13%
- thou didst well2 · 6%
- if it seem good2 · 6%
- and if it please2 · 6%
- is it good2 · 6%
- thou with us, and we will do thee good1 · 3%
- unto us, the same will we do1 · 3%
- for it was well1 · 3%
- that it pleased1 · 3%
- how goodly1 · 3%
- and that it may be well1 · 3%
- because he is well1 · 3%
- that it may go well1 · 3%
- and thou shalt be well1 · 3%
- and was well1 · 3%
- day, and, behold, if there be good1 · 3%
- because thou hast done well1 · 3%
- and doest good1 · 3%
- do good1 · 3%
- are comely1 · 3%
- cheer1 · 3%
- how much better1 · 3%
- over them to do them good1 · 3%
- and can play well1 · 3%
- and will do better1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.