King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2895
Transliteration: tob
Phonetic Spelling: (tobe)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be pleasing or good
Meaning: to be pleasing or good
Word Summary
tob: to be pleasing or good
Original Word: טוֹבTransliteration: tob
Phonetic Spelling: (tobe)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be pleasing or good
Meaning: to be pleasing or good
Strong's Concordance
be do better, cheer, be do, seem good, make goodly, please, be, do, A primitive root, to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense -- be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, X please, (be, do, go, play) well.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2895. tob
I. טוֺב verb pleasing, good (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il; also derivatives; Arabic , medial , be pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet or savoury in taste or odour, be pure and clean, cheerful, gleeful (Lane); Aramaic , , טַיֵּב טַב, טְאֵב, and especially derivatives glad, joyful; Assyrian ‰âbu, be good, kind, acceptable, joyful, vigorous DlHWB 299) —
Qal Perfect טוֺב Numbers 11:18 32t.; plural טֹבוּ 24:5; Song of Solomon 4:10; (Imperfect יִיטַב from יָטַב); Infinitive absolute טוֺב Judges 11:25; construct טוֺב Jeremiah 32:39 6t., כְּטוֺב Judges 16:25 Qr (Kt טוב כי); Participle טוֺב 11:25; 1 Samuel 2:26; (for these forms see Bö§ 1133, 4 SS under the word; Ges recognizes only Perfects and fewer of them than above. It is often difficult to decide between verb and adjective ); —
1 be pleasant, delightful, of tents of Jacob Numbers 24:5 (J E; poetry); of caresses Song of Solomon 4:10 (followed by מִיַּיִן compare)
2 be glad, joyful לֵב טוֺב Judges 16:25 (Qr), 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Esther 1:10 (see טוּב 2c).
3 of rank, position, claim: מבלק אתה טוֺב הֲטוֺב Judges 11:25 art thou really better than Balak?
4 לְ טוֺב be well with, good for Numbers 11:18 (J), Deuteronomy 5:30; 15:16; 19:13; 1 Samuel 16:16, 23; 2 Samuel 14:32; Psalm 119:71; 128:2; Jeremiah 22:15; so (that is לוֺ) Isaiah 3:10 it is well (with him); טוב אז Jeremiah 22:16 (compare 22:15); אֶלֿ טוֺב 1 Samuel 20:12 there is good toward David
5 be pleasing בְּעֵינֵי טוֺב (see II. טוֺב 2b c f) Numbers 24:1 (J) 2 Samuel 3:19, 36; 15:26; 19:38; בְּעֵינֵי טוֺב אִם 1 Kings 21:2; Jeremiah 40:4, 4; Zechariah 11:12; later usage is עַל טוֺב אִם if it seem good unto (so Assyrian ‰âbu eli, be pleasing unto, DlHWB 300 a), 1 Chronicles 13:2; Nehemiah 2:5, 7; Esther 1:19; 3:9; 5:4, 8; 7:3; 8:5; 9:13 (compare טוֺב adjective ).
Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular הֱטִיבוֺתָ2 Chronicles 6:8, הֱטִיבֹתָ 1 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 10:30; — do well, act right, followed by כִּי that 1 Kings 8:18 thou didst well, that it was in thine heart = 2 Chronicles 6:8; followed by infinitive with לְ 2 Kings 10:30 thou hast done well in performing what was right in mine eyes.