good; goodness

(good), The land of, a place in which Jephthah took refuge when expelled from home by his half-brother, (Judges 11:3) and where he remained, at the head of a band of freebooters, till he was brought back by the sheikhs of Gilead. ver. 5. The narrative implies that the land of Tob was not far distant from Gilead; at the same time, from the nature of the case it must have lain out toward the eastern deserts. It is undoubtedly mentioned again in (2 Samuel 10:6,8) as Ishtob, i.e. man of Tob , meaning, according to a common Hebrew idiom, the men of Tob. After a long interval it appears again, in the Maccabaean history, 1 Macc. 5:13, in the names Tobie and Tubieni. 2 Macc. 12:17. No identification of the ancient, district with any modern one has yet been attempted.

A district beyond Jordan, where Jephthah took refuge when expelled from Gilead, Jud 11:3,5. Its location is not known.

tob, tob ('erets Tobh, "a good land"; ge Tob): Hither Jephthah escaped from his brethren after his father's death (Judges 11:3), and perfected himself in the art of war, making forays with "the vain fellows" who joined him. Here the elders of Gilead found him, when, reduced to dire straits by the children of Ammon, they desired him to take command of their army (Jsg 11:5;). This country contributed 12,000 men to the forces of the allies, who with the Ammonites were defeated by Israel (2 Samuel 10:8). In 1 Maccabees 5:13 we read of the land of Tubins where the Jews, about 1,000 men, were slain by the Gentiles, their wives and children being carried into captivity. The Tubieni, "men of Tobit" of 2 Maccabees 12:17, were probably from this place. Ptolemy (v.19) speaks of Thauba, a place to the Southwest of Zobah, which may possibly be Tobit. The Talmud (Neubauer, Geog. du Talmud, 239) identifies the land of Tobit with the district of Hippene. Tobit would then be represented by Hippos, modern Susiyeh, to the Southwest of Fiq on the plateau East of the Sea of Galilee. Perhaps the most likely identification is that supported by G. A. Smith (HGHL, 587), with eT-Taiyibeh, 10 miles South of Umm Qeis (Gadara). The name is the same in meaning as Tobit.

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A district on the east of Jodan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah fled from his brethren (Judges 11:3, 5). It was on the northern boundary of Perea, between Syria and the land of Ammon (2 Samuel 10:6, 8). Its modern name is Taiyibeh.

382a. ish-Tob -- "men of Tob," inhab. of a region East of the ...
ish-Tob. << 382, 382a. ish-Tob. 382b >>. "men of Tob," inhab. of a region East
of the Jordan. Transliteration: ish-Tob Short Definition: Tob. ...
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382. Iysh-Towb -- "men of Tob," inhab. of a region East of the ...
... "men of Tob," inhab. of a region East of the Jordan. Transliteration: Iysh-Towb
Phonetic Spelling: (eesh-tobe') Short Definition: Ish-tob. Ish-tob ...
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2896b. tob -- a good thing, benefit, welfare
... << 2896a, 2896b. tob. 2897 >>. a good thing, benefit, welfare. Transliteration:
tob Short Definition: good. ... << 2896a, 2896b. tob. 2897 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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2899a. Tob Adoniyyahu -- "good is my LORD," a Levite
Tob Adoniyyahu. << 2899, 2899a. Tob Adoniyyahu. 2899b >>. "good is my LORD," a Levite.
Transliteration: Tob Adoniyyahu Short Definition: Tobadonijah. ...
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2896a. tob -- pleasant, agreeable, good
... << 2896, 2896a. tob. 2896b >>. pleasant, agreeable, good. Transliteration: tob Short
Definition: good. ... << 2896, 2896a. tob. 2896b >>. Strong's Numbers.
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2895. tob -- to be pleasing or good
... << 2894, 2895. tob. 2896 >>. to be pleasing or good. Transliteration: tob Phonetic
Spelling: (tobe) Short Definition: well. ... << 2894, 2895. tob. 2896 >>. ...
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2899. Towb Adoniyahuw -- "good is my LORD," a Levite
... "good is my LORD," a Levite. Transliteration: Towb Adoniyahuw Phonetic Spelling:
(tobe ado-nee-yah'-hoo) Short Definition: Tob-adonijah. Tob-adonijah ...
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2870a. Tabeal -- "good for nothing," an Aramean (Syrian)
... Word Origin from tob and al Definition "good for nothing," an Aramean (Syrian) NASB
Word Usage Tabeel (1). << 2870, 2870a. Tabeal. 2870b >>. Strong's Numbers.
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2886. Tabrimmon -- perhaps "Rimmon is good," father of Benhaddad ...
... Word Origin perhaps from tob and Rimmon Definition perhaps "Rimmon is good," father
of Benhaddad, king of Aram (Syria) NASB Word Usage Tabrimmon (1). Tabrimmon. ...
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