HebrewH2897Noun

טוֹב

tov

4Occurrences
H2897Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Tob, a region apparently East of the Jordan

the same as H2896 (טוֹב); good;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Tob = "good" a region east of the Jordan, north or northeast of Gilead, probably Aramean, location uncertain

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

טוֹב appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
2
Judges
2

Key Passages

2 Samuel 10:6BSB

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 10:8BSB

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.

Judges 11:3BSB

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.

Judges 11:5BSB

and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

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