# טוֹב (tov)

Israeli respelling: tov. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2895. 24 Old Testament occurrences.

to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense

King James renderings: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, [idiom] please, (be, do, go, play) well.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tov-h2895

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 11:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/18) — And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, sayi…
- [Numbers 24:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/1) — And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face…
- [Numbers 24:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/5) — How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
- [Deuteronomy 5:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/33) — Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye m…
- [Deuteronomy 15:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/16) — And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
- [1 Samuel 16:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/16/16) — Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to p…
- [1 Samuel 16:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/16/23) — And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed,…
- [1 Kings 8:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/18) — And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine…
- [2 Kings 10:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/10/30) — And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Aha…
- [1 Chronicles 13:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/13/2) — And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto o…
- [2 Chronicles 6:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/8) — But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in t…
- [Nehemiah 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/5) — And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah,…
- [Nehemiah 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/7) — Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me ov…
- [Esther 1:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/19) — If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that…
- [Esther 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/3/9) — If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those th…
- [Esther 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/4) — And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
- [Esther 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/8) — If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king an…
- [Esther 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/7/3) — Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at…
- [Psalms 119:68](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/68) — Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
- [Psalms 125:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/125/4) — Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
- [Song of Solomon 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/10) — How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
- [Jeremiah 32:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/41) — Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
- [Ezekiel 33:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/32) — And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy…
- [Ezekiel 36:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/11) — And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will…