H2897: טוֹב
Ṭôwb · pronounced tobe · “Tob”
Definition
Tob, a region apparently East of the Jordan
KJV translates it as: Tob.
Word origin: the same as H2896 (טוֹב); good;
Extended definition
a region east of the Jordan, north or northeast of Gilead, probably Aramean, location uncertain
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2897 is translated
- tob ×4
Bible verses with H2897 (Ṭôwb)
Ṭôwb appears in 4 verses.
- Judges 11:3
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
- Judges 11:5
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
- 2 Samuel 10:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 10:8
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish–tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.