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Strong H28963 sensesטוֹב

pleasant · good · welfare

Transliteration
ţôb
Pronunciation
tobe

The 3 senses of Strong H2896

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2896 appears in 517 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. pleasantH2896Aadj344 verses · 35 books
  2. goodH2896Ba good thing, benefit, welfare88 verses · 19 books
  3. welfareטוֹבָהH2896Cwelfare, benefit, good things60 verses · 20 books

General definition

From H2895; 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): - {beautiful} {best} {better} {bountiful} {cheerful} at {ease} X fair ({word}) (be in) {favour} {fine} {glad} good ({deed} {-lier} {liest} {-ly} {-ness} {-s}) {graciously} {joyful} {kindly} {kindness} liketh ({best}) {loving} {merry} X {most} {pleasant} + {pleaseth} {pleasure} {precious} {prosperity} {ready} {sweet} {wealth} {welfare} (be) well ([-favoured]).

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • good369
  • be16
  • goodness16
  • better16
  • well14
  • goodly10
  • merry7
  • fair6
  • prosperity6
  • thee5
  • best5
  • precious4

First verses

  1. Genesis 1:4
    And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
  2. Genesis 1:10
    And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
  3. Genesis 1:12
    And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
  4. Genesis 1:18
    And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
  5. Genesis 1:21
    And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
  6. Genesis 1:25
    And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
  7. Genesis 1:31
    And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
  8. Genesis 2:9
    And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
  9. Genesis 2:12
    And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
  10. Genesis 2:17
    But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
  11. Genesis 2:18
    And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
  12. Genesis 3:5
    For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
  13. Genesis 3:6
    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
  14. Genesis 3:22
    And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
  15. Genesis 6:2
    That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
  16. Genesis 15:15
    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
  17. Genesis 16:6
    But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
  18. Genesis 18:7
    And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
  19. Genesis 19:8
    Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
  20. Genesis 20:15
    And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.