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

2 Samuel 18:27 - And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good H2896 man, and cometh with good H2896 tidings.

2 Samuel 19:18 - And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. H2896 And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

2 Samuel 19:27 - And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good H2896 in thine eyes.

2 Samuel 19:35 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good H2896 and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

2 Samuel 19:37 - Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good H2896 unto thee.

2 Samuel 19:38 - And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good H2896 unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

2 Samuel 24:22 - And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good H2896 unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

1 Kings 1:6 - And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly H2896 man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

1 Kings 1:42 - And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good H2896 tidings.

1 Kings 2:18 - And Bathsheba said, Well; H2896 I will speak for thee unto the king.

1 Kings 2:32 - And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better H2896 than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

1 Kings 2:38 - And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: H2896 as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

1 Kings 2:42 - And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. H2896

1 Kings 3:9 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good H2896 and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1 Kings 8:36 - Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good H2896 way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

1 Kings 8:56 - Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good H2896 promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

1 Kings 8:66 - On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad H2896 of heart for all the goodness H2896 that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

1 Kings 10:7 - Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity H2896 exceedeth the fame which I heard.

1 Kings 12:7 - And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good H2896 words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

1 Kings 14:13 - And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good H2896 thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

1 Kings 14:15 - For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good H2896 land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

1 Kings 18:24 - And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well H2896 spoken.

1 Kings 19:4 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better H2896 than my fathers.

1 Kings 20:3 - Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, H2896 are mine.

1 Kings 21:2 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better H2896 vineyard than it; or, if it seem good H2896 to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

2 Kings 2:19 - And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, H2896 as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

2 Kings 3:19 - And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good H2896 tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good H2896 piece of land with stones.

2 Kings 3:25 - And they beat down the cities, and on every good H2896 piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good H2896 trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

2 Kings 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better H2896 than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

2 Kings 10:3 - Look even out the best H2896 and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

2 Kings 10:5 - And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good H2896 in thine eyes.

2 Kings 20:3 - I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good H2896 in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

2 Kings 20:13 - And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious H2896 ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

2 Kings 20:19 - Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good H2896 is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

2 Kings 25:28 - And he spake kindly H2896 to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

1 Chronicles 4:40 - And they found fat pasture and good, H2896 and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

1 Chronicles 16:34 - O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; H2896 for his mercy endureth for ever.

1 Chronicles 17:26 - And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness H2896 unto thy servant:

1 Chronicles 19:13 - Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good H2896 in his sight.

1 Chronicles 21:23 - And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good H2896 in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

1 Chronicles 28:8 - Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good H2896 land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

1 Chronicles 29:28 - And he died in a good H2896 old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 3:5 - And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine H2896 gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

2 Chronicles 3:8 - And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine H2896 gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

2 Chronicles 5:13 - It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; H2896 for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

2 Chronicles 6:27 - Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good H2896 way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

2 Chronicles 6:41 - Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. H2896

2 Chronicles 7:3 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; H2896 for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:10 - And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry H2896 in heart for the goodness H2896 that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

2 Chronicles 10:7 - And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind H2896 to this people, and please them, and speak good H2896 words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.