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Tob

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(good). A place or district beyond Jordan and between Gilead and the desert, to which Jephthah fled when banished from Gilead (Judg. 11:3-5³Then 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. ⁴And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. ⁵And 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: (Judges 11:3‑5)). Ish-tob (2 Sam. 10:6,8⁶And 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 10:6)
⁸And 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. (2 Samuel 10:8)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See ISHTOB.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2897 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Towb

Phonic:

tobe

Meaning:

the same as 2896; good; Tob, a region apparently East of the Jordan

KJV Usage:

Tob

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

good

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Good; goodness:―a region apparently E. of Jordan, Judg. 11:3. {Bonus}