# H2895 טוֹב

טוֹב (ṭôwb), Strong’s H2895: to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense KJV: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, [idiom] please, (be, do, go…. Occurs 25…

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

KJV: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, [idiom] please, (be, do, go…

Occurs 25 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- טוֹב vb. pleasing, good
- Qal
- 1 be pleasant, delightful
- 2 be glad, joyful
- 3 of rank, position, claim: art thou really better than Balak?
- 4 be well with, good for
- 5 be pleasing
- Hiph. do well, act right

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 11:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/11?v=18) — “Say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, and you will eat meat; for you have wept in the…
- [Numbers 24:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=1) — When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to use divination, but…
- [Numbers 24:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=5) — How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel!
- [Deuteronomy 5:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/5?v=33) — You shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with…
- [Deuteronomy 15:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=16) — It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your house, because he is well…
- [Judges 9:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/9?v=16) — “Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt…
- [1 Samuel 16:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/16?v=16) — Let our lord now command your servants who are in front of you to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp…
- [1 Samuel 16:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/16?v=23) — When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well…
- [1 Kings 8:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/8?v=18) — But the LORD said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it…
- [2 Kings 10:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/10?v=30) — The LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to Ahab’s…