H2898

טוּב

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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)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

טוּב noun masculine^{Job 20:21} good things, goods, goodness; — ׳ט Gen 24:10 + 17 t.; suffix טוּבִי Exod 33:19; Jer 31:14 טוּבְךָ Ps 25:7 + 4 t.; טוּבוֺ Hos 3:5 + 2 t.; טוּבָהּ Neh 9:36; Jer 2:7 טוּבָםJob 21:15 — not in H P, Chronicles, Ezekiel or post-exilic prophets —

1. good things, collective, produce of the land to be eaten Gen 45:18; Gen 45:20; Gen 45:23 (E), Isa 1:19; Jer 2:7; Ezra 9:12; Neh 9:35; Neh 9:36, to be enjoyed; good things of ׳י as given by him Hos 3:5; Jer 31:12; Jer 31:14; Ps 27:13 of house of ׳י Ps 65:5, figurative of spiritual blessings.

2. goods, property Gen 24:10 (J), Deut 6:11; 2Kgs 8:9; Neh 9:25.

3. abstract:
a. fairness, beauty, of neck of heifer Hos 10:11 of people of ׳י Zech 9:17 of ׳י himself Exod 33:19 (JE).
b. טוּב לב(בׅ joy of heart Deut 28:47; Isa 65:14 (see I. טוֺב 2, II. ׳ט 7).
c. prosperity Job 20:21; Job 21:16 of Jerusalem Ps 128:5 בְּטוּב צַדִּיקִים Prov 11:10 in the prosperity of the righteous the city rejoiceth.
d. goodness of taste, discernment Ps 119:66.

4. abstract, goodness of God:
a. in bestowing good things Neh 9:25.
b. in the salvation of his people Isa 63:7; Ps 25:7; Ps 145:7.
c. stored up for his saints Psalm Ps 31:20.

28 occurrences

Genesis (4), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (2), II Kings (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (3), Job (2), Psalms (4), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (3), Hosea (2), Zechariah (1)