Definition

good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare

Etymology

from H2895 (טוֹב);

Word family

• טוֹב ṭôwb

How the KJV renders it

• fair
• gladness
• good(-ness
• thing
• -s)
• joy
• go well with

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.