טוֹב
ṭôwb · tobe
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2895 (טוֹב);
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- good (as an adjective) in the widest sense
- used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman
- the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
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
538 occurrences · 538 OT · 0 NT · 177 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- good69 · 26%
- is better19 · 7%
- is good19 · 7%
- the good16 · 6%
- better15 · 6%
- for good14 · 5%
- and good10 · 4%
- it is better9 · 3%
- well8 · 3%
- in a good7 · 3%
- a good7 · 3%
- it is good7 · 3%
- that which is good7 · 3%
- it is not good6 · 2%
- of good6 · 2%
- for he is good6 · 2%
- with good6 · 2%
- is not good6 · 2%
- and a good5 · 2%
- no good5 · 2%
- that it was good5 · 2%
- whether it be good4 · 2%
- and not for good4 · 2%
- either good3 · 1%
- was good3 · 1%
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.