Tob
טוֹבStrong’s H2897tov
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tov is the Hebrew word usually translated “tob”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- § Tob = "good"
How it's translated
- tob 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
- 2 Samuel 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 11:5And 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:
- 2 Samuel 10:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 10:8And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
Hebrew dictionary
טוֹב tov · Tob
§ Tob = "good" a region east of the Jordan, north or northeast of Gilead, probably Aramean, location uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.