Definition

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

Etymology

from H2895 (טוֹב);

Word family

• טוֹב ṭôwb

How the KJV renders it

• beautiful
• best
• better
• bountiful
• cheerful
• at ease
• fair (word)
• (be in) favour
• fine
• glad
• good (deed
• -lier
• -liest
• -ly
• -ness
• -s)
• graciously
• joyful
• kindly
• kindness
• liketh (best)
• loving
• merry
• most
• pleasant
• pleaseth
• pleasure
• precious
• prosperity
• ready
• sweet
• wealth
• welfare
• (be) well(-favoured)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.