Tov טוֹב
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| טוֹב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tov |
| Strong's number | H2897 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Tob |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (2) |
Tov (Hebrew טוֹב, Strong's H2897) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Tob”. It occurs 4 times.
Definition
§ Tob = "good"
a region east of the Jordan, north or northeast of Gilead, probably Aramean, location uncertain
a region east of the Jordan, north or northeast of Gilead, probably Aramean, location uncertain
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | tob (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | tob (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Tov, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 11:3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
- Judges 11:5And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 10:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
- 2 Samuel 10:8And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish–tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).