

However, the meaning of any word is determined by its context, so we will look at the context of this word throughout the Old Testament.

welfare, prosperity, happiness: || שָׁלוֺם Isaiah 52:7 Jeremiah 8:15 Jeremiah 14:19 אם טוב ואם רע Jeremiah 42:6 whether prosperity or adversity יבוא טוב Jeremiah 17:6 prosperity cometh שׂמח בט׳ Deuteronomy 26:11 2 Chronicles 6:41 ראה בט׳ Ecclesiastes 2:1 Jeremiah 29:32 object of ראה Psalm 4:7 Psalm 34:13 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:13 Job 7:7 of דרשׁ Esther 10:3 of בקשׁ Psalm 122:9 מנע Psalm 84:12 Jeremiah 5:25 נתן Psalm 85:13 קוה Job 30:26 מצא Proverbs 16:20 Proverbs 17:20 Proverbs 18:22 Proverbs 19:8 נחל Proverbs 28:10 חסר Psalm 34:11 בשׂר 1 Kings 1:42 Isaiah 52:7 חול לט׳ Micah 1:12 חכמה וט׳ 1 Kings 10:7 טוב וחסד Psalm 23:6 בטוב in prosperity Psalm 25:13 Job 21:13 Job 36:11 Ecclesiastes 7:14 מטוב because of prosperity Zechariah 1:17 afar from happiness Psalm 39:3 כטוב Hosea 10:1 לטוב Deuteronomy 30:9 Jeremiah 15:11 לטוב לָנוּ Deuteronomy 6:24 for good to us,=for our good, Deuteronomy 10:13 ( לְךָ), Jeremiah 32:39 ( לָהֶם compare לרע ל Jeremiah 7:6 Jeremiah 25:7).The key to understanding what the days of Genesis 1 really mean is to look at the use of the Hebrew word for “day.” The Hebrew word is yom and it is used throughout the Old Testament, having a variety of meanings, including the possibility of referring to an undefined, indeterminate period of time, rather like our English word “day” can.


good, appropriate, becoming, טוב אשׁר Ecclesiastes 7:18 (compare Ecclesiastes 5:4 below) טובה חכמה עם נחלה Ecclesiastes 7:11 wisdom is good with an inheritance (other transitive see in VB) || יָפֶה Ecclesiastes 5:17 with עֵצָה 2 Samuel 17:7, 14 good advice טוב פתר Genesis 40:16 (E) that he interpreted well טוב הדבר ( לא) Exodus 18:17 (E) the thing is (not) good, wise, so Deuteronomy 1:14 1 Samuel 26:16 טוב (ה)דבר the word is good, is well said 1 Samuel 9:10 1 Kings 2:38, 42 1 Kings 18:24 2 Kings 20:19= Isaiah 39:8, for which abbreviated טוב well! good! exclamation Ruth 3:13 1 Samuel 20:7 2 Samuel 3:13 1 Kings 2:18 followed by כּי it is good that 2 Samuel 18:3 Ruth 2:22 Lamentations 3:27 Job 10:3 (compare Job 13:9 2e) with infinitive Genesis 2:18 (J), Psalm 73:28 Psalm 92:2 Psalm 147:1 Proverbs 25:27 (compare below 10) with וְ (strangely) טוֺב וְיָחִיל וגו׳ Lamentations 3:26 it is good that one wait (see דּוּמָם, יָחִיל) בלא דעת נֶפֶשׁ לא טוב Proverbs 19:2 that a soul be without knowledge is not good.Ħ.
