Strong H2897טוֹב

Tob

Transliteration
ţôb
Pronunciation
tobe
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

The same as H2896; good;
{Tob} a region apparently East of the Jordan: - Tob.

Meaning of the name

Tob = "good"

Detailed definition

Tob (or Ish-tob), a region east of the Jordan River where Jephthah fled and later recruited mercenaries to fight the Ammonites (Judg. 11:3, 5; 2 Sam. 10:6, 8).

In the biblical story

Tob

Region where Jephthah fled and recruited mercenaries

Tob (or Ish-tob), a region east of the Jordan River where Jephthah fled and later recruited mercenaries to fight the Ammonites (Judg. 11:3, 5; 2 Sam. 10:6, 8).

In the Bible

Strong H2897 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • tob2

First verses

  1. Judges 11:3
    Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
  2. Judges 11:5
    And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
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