What does לֹא · טוֹב mean in the Bible?
לֹא · טוֹב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "not good".
Hebrew · H3808, H2896
לֹא־טוֹב
Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no ; often used with other particles · 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)
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לֹא H3808 not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no ; often used with other particles
טוֹב H2896 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)
What does לֹא־טוֹב (lo-tov) mean in the Bible?
לֹא · טוֹב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "not good".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3808, H2896?
H3808, H2896 is connected to 5,756 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. not good
Strong's H3808, H2896
Lexical occurrences 5,756 verses Source Gloss
not good
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain