Be pleasing
טוֹבStrong’s H2895tov
Appears in 44 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tov is the Hebrew word usually translated “good”, “it was good” and “it is good”. It appears in 44 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.”
Meaning
- To be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right(Qal) · (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly
How it's translated
- good 17
- it was good 8
- it is good 4
- they are good 2
- and it will be good 2
- you did well 2
- it has been good 1
- really 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 10
- Genesis 7
- 2 Samuel 5
- Numbers 3
- Deuteronomy 3
- Jeremiah 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:12And 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.
- Genesis 1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:21And 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.
- Genesis 1:25And 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.
All 44 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
טוֹב tov · be pleasing
1) to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be pleasant, be delightful 1a2) to be glad, be joyful 1a3) to be better 1a4) to be well with, be good for 1a5) to be pleasing 1b) (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “good” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOOD, adjective
- Valid; legally firm; not weak or defective; having strength adequate to its support; as a good title; a good deed; a good claim.
- Valid; sound; not weak, false or fallacious; as a good argument.
- Complete or sufficiently perfect in its kind; having the physical qualities best adapted to its design and use; opposed to bad, imperfect, corrupted, impaired.“behold, it was very good” Genesis 1:31
- Having moral qualities best adapted to its design and use, or the qualities which God's law requires; virtuous; pious; religious; applied to persons, and opposed to bad, vitious, wicked, evil.“even dare to die” Romans 5:7
All definitions and other forms of “good”
- Conformable to the moral law; virtuous; applied to actions.“In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works” Titus 2:7
- Proper; fit; convenient; seasonable; well adapted to the end.
- Convenient; useful; expedient; conducive to happiness.“It is not good that the man should be alone” Genesis 2:18
- Sound; perfect; uncorrupted; undamaged.
- Suitable to the taste or to health; wholesome; salubrious; palatable; not disagreeable or noxious; as fruit good to eat; a tree good for food. Genesis 2:9
- Suited to produce a salutary effect; adapted to abate or cure; medicinal; salutary; beneficial; as, fresh vegetables are good for scorbutic diseases.
- Suited to strengthen or assist the healthful functions; as, a little wine is good for a weak stomach.
- Pleasant to the taste; as a good apple.“My son, eat thou honey, because it is good and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste” Proverbs 24:13
- Full; complete.
- Useful; valuable; having qualities or a tendency to produce a good effect.
- Equal; adequate; competent.
- Favorable; convenient for any purpose; as a good stand for business; a good station for a camp.
- Convenient; suitable; safe; as a good harbor for ships.
- Well qualified; able; skillful; or performing duties with skill and fidelity; as a good prince; a good commander; a good officer; a good physician.
- Ready; dexterous.
- Kind; benevolent; affectionate; as a good father; good will.
- Kind; affectionate; faithful; as a good friend.
- Promotive of happiness; pleasant; agreeable; cheering; gratifying.“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” Psalms 133:1
- Pleasant or prosperous; as, good morrow, Sir; good morning.
- Honorable; fair; unblemished; unimpeached; as a man of good fame or report.“A good name is better than precious ointment” Ecclesiastes 7:1
- Cheerful; favorable to happiness.
- Great or considerable; not small nor very great; as a good while ago; he is a good way off, or at a good distance; he has a good deal of leisure; I had a good share of the trouble.
- Elegant; polite; as good breeding.
- Real; serious; not feigned.
- Kind; favorable; benevolent; humane.“The men were very good to us” 1 Samuel 25:15
- Benevolent; merciful; gracious.“of a clean heart” Psalms 73:1
- Seasonable; commendable; proper.“wrought a good work on me” Matthew 26:10
- Pleasant; cheerful; festive.“We come in a good day” 1 Samuel 25:8
- Companionable; social; merry.
- Brave; in familiar language.
- In the phrases, the good man, applied to the master of the house, and good woman, applied to the mistress, good sometimes expresses a moderate degree of respect, and sometimes slight contempt.
- The phrase good will is equivalent to benevolence; but it signifies also an earnest desire, a hearty wish, entire willingness or fervent zeal; as, we entered into the service with a good will; he laid on stripes with a good will.
- Comely; handsome; well formed; as a good person or shape.
- Mild; pleasant; expressing benignity or other estimable qualities; as a good countenance.
- Mild; calm; not irritable or fractious; as a good temper.
- Kind; friendly; humane; as a good heart or disposition.
- To confirm or establish; to prove; to verify; as, to make good a charge or accusation.
- To supply deficiency; to make up a defect or loss.
- To indemnify; to give an equivalent for damages.
- To maintain; to carry into effect; as, to make good a retreat.“If ye think good give me my price” Zechariah 11:12
GOOD, noun
That which contributes to diminish or remove pain, or to increase happiness or prosperity; benefit; advantage; opposed to evil or misery. The medicine will do neither good nor harm. It does my heart good to see you so happy.
- Welfare; prosperity; advancement of interest or happiness.
- Spiritual advantage or improvement; as the good of souls.
- Earnest; not jest.
- Moral works; actions which are just and in conformity to the moral law or divine precepts.
- Moral qualities; virtue; righteousness.
- The best fruits; richness; abundance.
GOOD, verb transitive
To manure. [Not in use.]
GOOD, adverb
As good as well; with equal advantage. Had you not as good go with me? In America we use goods, the Gothic word. Had you not as goods go?
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.