Goodness
טוּבStrong’s H2898tuv
Appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tuv is the Hebrew word usually translated “good thing of”, “goodness your” and “good thing”. It appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament.
“For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.”
Meaning
- Goods, good things, goodnessgood things · goods, property · fairness, beauty, joy, prosperity, goodness (abstract) · goodness (of taste, discernment) · goodness (of God) (abstract)
How it's translated
- good thing of 7
- goodness your 3
- good thing 2
- goodness of 2
- some of good thing of 1
- goodness my 1
- and with goodness of 1
- in goodness your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 7
- Genesis 4
- Nehemiah 3
- Isaiah 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
13 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
- Genesis 45:18And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
- Genesis 45:20Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
- Genesis 45:23And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
- Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
- Deuteronomy 6:11And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
Hebrew dictionary
טוּב tuv · goodness
1) goods, good things, goodness 1a) good things 1b) goods, property 1c) fairness, beauty, joy, prosperity, goodness (abstract) 1d) goodness (of taste, discernment) 1e) goodness (of God) (abstract)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “goodness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOOD'NESS, noun
The state of being good; the physical qualities which constitute value, excellence or perfection; as the goodness of timber; the goodness of a soil.
- The moral qualities which constitute christian excellence; moral virtue; religion.“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness faith” Galatians 5:22
- Kindness; benevolence; benignity of heart; but more generally, acts of kindness; charity; humanity exercised.
- Kindness; benevolence of nature; mercy.“The Lord God--abundant in goodness and truth” Exodus 34:6
- Kindness; favor shown; acts of benevolence, compassion or mercy.“had done to Israel” Exodus 18:9
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.