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Strong's #2898 - טוּב
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- goods, good things, goodness
- good things
- goods, property
- fairness, beauty, joy, prosperity, goodness (abstract)
- goodness (of taste, discernment)
- goodness (of God) (abstract)
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1186) bu (תהב ThB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Good: The pictograph u is a picture of a basket, used to contain or surround something. The b is a picture of a tent or house. Combined these mean "surround the house". The house is surrounded by grace, beauty, love, health and prosperity, something that is functional.
A) bu (תהב ThB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Good: Something that functions properly.
Nm) bu (תהב ThB) - Good: [Aramaic only] KJV (2): good, fine - Strongs: H2869 (טָב)
D) bau (תהאב ThAB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Glad: One is glad when all is good.
V) bau (תהאב ThAB) - Glad: To be glad. [Aramaic only] KJV (1): (vf: Paal) glad - Strongs: H2868 (טְאֵב)
J) bfu (תהוב ThWB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Good
V) bfu (תהוב ThWB) - Good: To be good such as in being functional. KJV (33): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) well, good, please, goodly, better, cheer, comely - Strongs: H2895 (טוֹב)
Nf) bfu (תהוב ThWB) - Good: Something that functions properly. KJV (591): good, better, well, goodness, goodly, best, merry, fair, prosperity, precious, fine, wealth, beautiful, fairer, favour, glad - Strongs: H2896 (טוֹב), H2898 (טוּב)
L) bui (יתהב YThB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Good
V) bui (יתהב YThB) - Good: To be good such as in being functional. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (108): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) well, good, please, merry, amend, better, accepted, diligently - Strongs: H3190 (יָטַב), H3191 (יְטַב)
km) buim (מיתהב MYThB) - Best: KJV (6): best - Strongs: H4315 (מֵיטָב)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 good things, collective, produce of the land to be eaten Genesis 45:18,20,23 (E), Isaiah 1:19; Jeremiah 2:7; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 9:35,36, to be enjoyed; good things of ׳י as given by him Hosea 3:5; Jeremiah 31:12,14; Psalm 27:13; of house of ׳י Psalm 65:5, figurative of spiritual blessings.
2 goods, property Genesis 24:10 (J), Deuteronomy 6:11; 2 Kings 8:9; Nehemiah 9:25. 3 abstract:
a. fairness, beauty, of neck of heifer Hosea 10:11; of people of ׳י Zechariah 9:17; of ׳י himself Exodus 33:19 (JE).
b.טוּב לב(בׅ joy of heart Deuteronomy 28:47; Isaiah 65:14 (see I. טוֺב
2, II. ׳ט 7).
c. prosperity Job 20:21; Job 21:16; of Jerusalem Psalm 128:5; בְּטוּב צַדִּיקִים Proverbs 11:10 in the prosperity of the righteous the city rejoiceth.
d. goodness of taste, discernment Psalm 119:66.
4 abstract, goodness of God:
a. in bestowing good things Nehemiah 9:25.
b. in the salvation of his people Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 25:7; Psalm 145:7.
c. stored up for his saints Psalm Psalm 31:20.
טוּב m.
(1) goodness. Psalms 119:66, טוּב טַעַם “goodness of intelligence,” good understanding; the goodness, i.e. the kindness of God, Psalms 25:7, 27:13 31:20 145:7 Jeremiah 31:14.
(2) concr. that which is good, or best of any thing, i.e. the best part, Genesis 45:18, 20 Genesis 45:20. טוּב הָאָרֶץ the best gifts of the land, Genesis 45:23; Isaiah 1:19; Ezra 9:12.
(3) goods, i.e. wealth, property, Deuteronomy 6:11 precious things, Genesis 24:10 comp. verses 22 Genesis 24:22, 30 Genesis 24:30.
(4) beauty. Hosea 10:11; Zechariah 9:17. Used of the divine glory, Exodus 33:19, אֲנִי אַעֲבִיד כָּל־טוּבִי. [But is this the sense of the passage? See No. 1.]
(5) welfare, happiness, Job 20:21, 21:16 Proverbs 11:10.
(6) with the addition of לֵב gladness, cheerfulness. Deuteronomy 28:47; Isaiah 65:14.