טוּב
ṭûwb · toob
good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2895 (טוֹב);
good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fair, gladness, good(-ness, thing, -s), joy, go well with.
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 טוּב 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
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- goodness4 · 13%
- the good3 · 10%
- for all the goods1 · 3%
- you the good1 · 3%
- for the good1 · 3%
- with the good things1 · 3%
- i will make all my goodness1 · 3%
- of all good1 · 3%
- and with gladness1 · 3%
- even of every good thing1 · 3%
- of all goods1 · 3%
- thereof and the good1 · 3%
- for his goods1 · 3%
- lo, their good1 · 3%
- thou me for thy goodness1 · 3%
- the goodness1 · 3%
- is thy goodness1 · 3%
- with the goodness1 · 3%
- me good1 · 3%
- when it goeth well1 · 3%
- for joy1 · 3%
- thereof and the goodness1 · 3%
- to the goodness1 · 3%
- with my goodness1 · 3%
- and his goodness1 · 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.