יָטַב
yāṭab
be good
Strong's H3190VerbHebrewTWOT 863

יָטַב (yāṭab) is a Hebrew verb meaning be good. It appears 112 times in 26 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3190).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 863)

Range of meaning (TWOT 863)be good, well, glad, pleasing; joyful, be well placed, be well for, with, go well with; make glad, rejoice, do good, deal well, do well, thoroughly, make a thing good, right, beautiful; be, make well; be accepted, amend…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יָטַב verb: be good, well, glad, pleasing

Strong's H3190 יָטַב: to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV:be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please (well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 4:7Exodus 1:20Leviticus 10:19

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