Strong's Concordance H2896

Original Word: טוֹב
Transliteration: ṭôwb
Phonetic Spelling: tobe
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, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).

Usages throughout the bible

Jeremiah 18:10 - If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, H2896 wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Jeremiah 18:20 - Shall evil be recompensed for good? H2896 for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good H2896 for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Jeremiah 21:10 - For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, H2896 saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Jeremiah 22:15 - Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well H2896 with him?

Jeremiah 22:16 - He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well H2896 with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 24:2 - One basket had very good H2896 figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

Jeremiah 24:3 - Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good H2896 figs, very good; H2896 and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jeremiah 24:5 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good H2896 figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. H2896

Jeremiah 24:6 - For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, H2896 and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

Jeremiah 26:14 - As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good H2896 and meet unto you.

Jeremiah 29:10 - For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good H2896 word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Jeremiah 29:32 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good H2896 that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

Jeremiah 32:39 - And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good H2896 of them, and of their children after them:

Jeremiah 32:42 - For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good H2896 that I have promised them.

Jeremiah 33:9 - And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good H2896 that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness H2896 and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

Jeremiah 33:11 - The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; H2896 for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:14 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good H2896 thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

Jeremiah 39:16 - Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; H2896 and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.

Jeremiah 40:4 - And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good H2896 unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good H2896 and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

Jeremiah 42:6 - Whether it be good, H2896 or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 44:17 - But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, H2896 and saw no evil.

Jeremiah 44:27 - Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: H2896 and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

Jeremiah 52:32 - And spake kindly H2896 unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

Lamentations 3:17 - And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. H2896

Lamentations 3:25 - The LORD is good H2896 unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:26 - It is good H2896 that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Lamentations 3:27 - It is good H2896 for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Lamentations 3:38 - Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? H2896

Lamentations 4:1 - How is the gold become dim! how is the most H2896 fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

Lamentations 4:9 - They that be slain with the sword are better H2896 than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Ezekiel 17:8 - It was planted in a good H2896 soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

Ezekiel 18:18 - As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good H2896 among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

Ezekiel 20:25 - Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, H2896 and judgments whereby they should not live;

Ezekiel 24:4 - Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good H2896 piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Ezekiel 31:16 - I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best H2896 of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

Ezekiel 34:14 - I will feed them in a good H2896 pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good H2896 fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 34:18 - Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good H2896 pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

Ezekiel 36:31 - Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, H2896 and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

Daniel 1:4 - Children in whom was no blemish, but well H2896 favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Daniel 1:15 - And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer H2896 and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

Hosea 2:7 - And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better H2896 with me than now.

Hosea 4:13 - They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: H2896 therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

Hosea 8:3 - Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: H2896 the enemy shall pursue him.

Hosea 10:1 - Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness H2896 of his land they have made goodly images.

Hosea 14:2 - Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: H2896 so will we render the calves of our lips.

Joel 3:5 - Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly H2896 pleasant things:

Amos 5:14 - Seek good, H2896 and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

Amos 5:15 - Hate the evil, and love the good, H2896 and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 6:2 - Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better H2896 than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

Amos 9:4 - And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. H2896