Hebrew word · Strong's H2899

טוֹב אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ

Ṭôwb ʼĂdônîyâhûw · tobe ado-nee-yah'-hoo · adjective · “good”

In a sentence

Tov is the Hebrew word «good» — God's verdict over creation, the fitting quality of life. Genesis 1's refrain is «and God saw that it was tov.»

Tov means good — morally, aesthetically, practically. Six times in Genesis 1 God sees what he has made and pronounces it tov; on the sixth day, «very tov.»

It runs through the Old Testament: «taste and see that the LORD is tov.» The Lord is good, his works are tov, his ways are tov. Hebrew thought never separates God's goodness from beauty and rightness.

Strong's reference

Definition: Tob-Adonijah, an Israelite

KJV usage: Tob-adonijah.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Genesis 1:31 “And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.” Psalms 34:8 “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.