H2896a H2896a
good (quality or moral); better (comparative degree); goodness (substantive noun); fair or beautiful (appearance); glad or merry (of heart)
5. glad or merry (of heart) — Emotional state of gladness or merriment, typically in the idiom 'the heart was good' (lev tov) — marked by verbal Qal forms, Arabic طاب, Hindi प्रसन्न, Swahili furaha, and Spanish alegraron. 5×
AR["[طاب]","حينَ يَطيبُ-","كَ-طِيبِ","وَ-طَيِّبُ-","وَ-طَيِّبِي"]·ben["এবং-ভালো-","ও-ভালো","ভাল","যখন-ভালো","যখন-ভালো-ছিল"]·DE["[gut]","[וטובי]","und-gut","wann-ist-gut","wie-gut"]·EN["[good]","and-glad-of","but-good-of","when-is-good","when-was-good"]·FR["[bon]","[וטובי]","et-bon","quand-est-bon","quand-fut-bon"]·heb["ו-טוב","ו-טוב־","טוב","כ-טוב"]·HI["[प्रसन्न]","और-अच्छा","और-प्रसन्न","जब-अच्छा-हो","जब-प्रसन्न-था"]·ID["[qere]","dan-senang","ketika-baik","ketika-gembira","tetapi-yang-baik-"]·IT["[buono]","e-buono","quando-fu-buono","quando-è-buono"]·jav["[sae]","lan-bungah","lan-sae-","nalika-sae","nalika-sak"]·KO["그러나-좋은-","그리고-좋은","에-좋을-때","좋았다","좋았을-때에"]·PT["[bom]","e-bom-","e-bons-de","quando-bom"]·RU["[хорошо]","а-добрый-","и-с-добрым","когда-развеселится","когда-хорошо-было"]·ES["cuando-bueno","cuando-esté-alegre","se-alegraron","y-bueno-de","y-buenos-de"]·SW["[mioyo]","lakini-mwenye-furaha","moyo","na-wenye-furaha","wakati-uzuri-wa"]·TR["iyi","iyi-olduğunda","neşeli-olduğunda-","ve-iyi-"]·urd["[ketiv]","اور-اچھے-","اور-خوش","جب-اچھا-ہو","جب-خوش-تھا"]
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Senses
1. good (quality or moral) — General positive quality — morally upright, practically suitable, or inherently desirable — the core adjectival sense of tov across all genders, numbers, and prepositional/conjunctive contexts. 305×
AR["جَيِّدًا","جَيِّدٌ","جَيِّدٍ","جَيِّدَةٌ","جَيِّدَةٍ","حَسَنًا","حَسَنٌ","خَيْرًا"]·ben["ভাল","ভালো","সুন্দর"]·DE["Gutes","gut","gutes","sehr-gut"]·EN["good"]·FR["bon"]·heb["טוב","טובה"]·HI["अचचा","अच्छा","अच्छी","सुन्दर"]·ID["baik","yang-baik"]·IT["buono"]·jav["sae","saé"]·KO["좋게","좋다","좋다고","좋았다","좋은","좋은-것과","좋은-것을","좋지-않다"]·PT["bem","boa","bom","é-bom"]·RU["добрым","хорош","хорошего","хорошее","хороший","хорошим","хорошо","хорошую"]·ES["buena","bueno"]·SW["jema","kuwa-nzuri","mzuri","njema","nzuri","vizuri","zuri"]·TR["iyi"]·urd["اچھا","اچھی","اچھے","بھلا","خوبصورت"]
2. better (comparative degree) — Comparative or superlative sense — 'better than', 'best of' — marked by Arabic خَيْرٌ/أَفْضَلُ, Swahili bora, Spanish mejor, and Korean 낫다. 64×
AR["أَفْضَلُ","خَير","خَيْرٌ","خَيْرٌ-","صالِحٌ"]·ben["ভাল","ভালো","ভালো-"]·DE["Gutes","gut"]·EN["better","better-is","good"]·FR["bon"]·heb["טוב","טוב־","טובה"]·HI["अच्छा","अच्छा-है-","अच्छी","अच्छी-हैं","उत्तम","उत्तम-","उत्तम-है"]·ID["Lebih-baik","Lebih-baik-","baik","lebih-baik","yang-lebih-baik"]·IT["buono"]·jav["Langkung-saé","langkung-saé","saé"]·KO["낫다","선하도다","선하시도다","좋다","좋으냐","좋으니라","좋으니라-","좋은"]·PT["Melhor","Melhor-","bom","bons","melhor"]·RU["Лучше","лучше","лучше-"]·ES["Mejor","Mejor-un","mejor","mejor-","mejores"]·SW["afadhali","bora","faida-yake","ni-bora","nzuri","vizuri"]·TR["-iyi","daha-iyi","iyi","iyi-","iyidir","iyidir-"]·urd["اَچّھی","اچھا","بہتر","بہتر-","بہتر-ہے"]
Gen 29:19, Exod 14:12, Num 14:3, Judg 8:2, Judg 9:2, Judg 15:2, Ruth 4:15, 1 Sam 9:2, 1 Kgs 19:4, 2 Kgs 5:12, Ps 63:3, Ps 84:10 (+38 more)
3. goodness (substantive noun) — Nominalized use of tov meaning 'the good', 'goodness', or 'welfare' as an abstract entity — marked by Arabic الخَيْرَ/خَيْراً, Korean 선함/선, Swahili wema, and Hindi भलाई. 28×
AR["الخَيرَ","الصَّالِحَ","الصَّالِحُ","الصَّالِحِ","الـ-جَيِّدِ","الـ-حَسَنَ","الـ-حَسَنُ","الـ-حَسَنِ","الْ-حَسَنَ","الْحَسَنَ","ٱلْحَسَنَ"]·ben["-ভালো","-সেই-ভালো","উত্তম","ভাল","ভালো","মঙ্গল","মঙ্গলময়","যা-ভালো"]·DE["das-Gute","der-gut","der-gute"]·EN["the-good"]·FR["le-bon"]·heb["ה-טוב","הַ-טּוֹב"]·HI["अचच","अच्छा","की-अच्छा","जो-अच्छा","जो-भला","भला","भलाई","हत्तोव"]·ID["-yang-baik","Yang-baik","apa-yang-baik","yang-baik"]·IT["il-buono"]·jav["ing-sae","ingkang-sae","ingkang-saé","kasaénan","sae","sang-sae"]·KO["-좋은-것을","그-선한-것","그-선한-것과","그-선한-것을","그-좋은","그-좋은-것과","그-좋은-것을","그-좋은것","좋은-것을"]·PT["bom","o-bem","o-bom"]·RU["-доброе","·-благое","благой","доброе","доброму","хорошее","что-добро","что-хорошо"]·ES["Lo-bueno","el-bien","el-bueno","lo-bueno"]·SW["hatּwob","jema","kilicho-chema","kilicho-kizuri","lililo-jema","lililo-zuri","mema","yaliyo-mema"]·TR["-iyi-olanı","-iyiyi","iyi","iyi-o","iyi-olan","iyi-olanı","iyilik","iyiyi"]·urd["-بھلا","اچھا","اچھا-جو","اچھا-ہو","اچھے-جو","بھلا","بھلائی","جو-اچھا-ہو","جو-اچھا-ہے","جو-بھلا-ہے","نیکی"]
Gen 16:6, Gen 31:24, Gen 31:29, Deut 12:28, Deut 30:9, Judg 9:16, Judg 10:15, Judg 19:24, 1 Sam 1:23, 1 Sam 3:18, 1 Sam 11:10, 1 Sam 14:36 (+16 more)
4. fair or beautiful (appearance) — Aesthetic beauty or physical attractiveness, especially of persons or land — marked by Arabic حَسَنَةُ/جَمِيلَاتٌ, Korean 아름다운/아름다웠다, Spanish hermosa/hermosas, and Hindi सुंदर/सुन्दर. 8×
AR["جَمِيلَاتٌ","حَسَنَاتُ","حَسَنَةَ","حَسَنَةُ","حَسَنَةِ"]·ben["সুন্দর","সুন্দরী","সুন্দরী-"]·DE["gut","schön","war-gut-von","war-schön"]·EN["good","good-of","was-good-of"]·FR["[טובות]","[טובת]","bon","bon-de","fut-bon-de","était-bon-de"]·heb["טוב","טובת"]·HI["सुंदर","सुन्दर"]·ID["baik","cantik","sangat-cantik","yang-cantik"]·IT["buono","buono-di","era-buono-di","fu-buono-di"]·jav["sae"]·KO["아름다운","아름다웠다","좋은","좋음-의"]·PT["bela-de","belas","boa-de","boas-de","de-boa"]·RU["доброй","красива","красивая","красивы","красивых","хороша"]·ES["buena-de","buenas-de","hermosa-de","hermosas"]·SW["mzuri","mzuri-wa","nzuri","walikuwa-wazuri","wazuri"]·TR["güzel"]·urd["اچھی","حسین","خوبصورت","خوبصورت-تھی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. טוֹב adj. pleasant, agreeable, good (v. LagBN 26; Aramaic טַב, Palm. טב Vog No. 81, טבא Vog No. 75)—m. ט׳ Gn 2:12 + 22 times, טוֹבָם Mi 7:4; f. טוֹבָה Est 8:5 + 50 times, טֹבָה Dt 6:18 + 2 times; cstr. טוֹבַת Gn 26:7 + 6 times, טֹבַת Gn 24:16; pl. טוֹבִים Je 44:17 + 28 times; טֹבִים Gn 27:9 + 4 times; cstr. טוֹבֵי Dn 1:4 + 2 times; pl. טוֹבוֹת Est 2:2, טֹבוֹת Je 24:2 + 6 times, טֹבֹת Gn 6:2…