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Lexicon :: Strong's H3190 - yāṭaḇ

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יָטַב
Transliteration
yāṭaḇ
Pronunciation
yaw-tab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 863

Strong’s Definitions

יָטַב yâṭab, yaw-tab'; a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right):—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).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 107x

The KJV translates Strong's H3190 in the following manner: well (35x), good (21x), please (14x), merry (5x), amend (4x), better (4x), accepted (2x), diligently (2x), miscellaneous (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 107x
The KJV translates Strong's H3190 in the following manner: well (35x), good (21x), please (14x), merry (5x), amend (4x), better (4x), accepted (2x), diligently (2x), miscellaneous (20x).
  1. to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be glad, be joyful

      2. to be well placed

      3. to be well for, be well with, go well with

      4. to be pleasing, be pleasing to

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to make glad, rejoice

      2. to do good to, deal well with

      3. to do well, do thoroughly

      4. to make a thing good or right or beautiful

      5. to do well, do right

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָטַב yâṭab, yaw-tab'; a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right):—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).
STRONGS H3190: Abbreviations
† [יָטַב] verb be good, well, glad, pleasing (Aramaic יְטַב Zinjirli יטב DHMSendsch. 57) —
Qal (Perfect not in use, see טוֺב verb) Imperfect יִיטַב Genesis 12:13 + 34 times, יִטַב 1 Samuel 24:5 + 3 times; תִּיטַב Esther 2:4 + 2 times; תֵּיטְבִי (incorrect for תִּיטְבִי Ges§ 70 R) Nahum 3:8; plural יִיטְבוּ Genesis 34:18; for Infinitive and Participle see טוֺב
1. be glad, joyful, לֵב Judges 18:20; Judges 19:6, 9; 1 Kings 21:7; Ruth 3:7; Ecclesiastes 7:3.
2. be well placed, הֲתֵיטְבִי מִנּאֹ אָמוֺן Nahum 3:8 art thou better placed than No of Amon?
4. be pleasing בְּעֵינֵי Genesis 34:18 (J), Genesis 41:37; Genesis 45:16 (E), Deuteronomy 1:23; Leviticus 10:19, 20; Joshua 22:30, 33 (P), 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 24:5; 2 Samuel 3:36; 2 Samuel 18:4; 1 Kings 3:10; Esther 1:21; Esther 2:4 (twice in verse); Esther 2:9; with לְ, be pleasing to, Psalm 69:32; with לִפְנֵי (late) Nehemiah 2:5, 6; Esther 5:14.
Hiph. Perfect הֵיטִיב Genesis 12:16; Joshua 24:20; הֵיטִב 1 Samuel 25:31; suffix הֵיטִ֑בְךָ Deuteronomy 30:5; הֵיטַבְתָּ Jeremiah 1:12; הֵיטַבְתְּ Ruth 3:10, etc.; וְהִֵֽֽֽטבֹתִ֫י Ezekiel 36:11 (for הֵיטַבְתִּי as if from טוב Ges§ 70 R); Imperfect יֵיטִיב Numbers 10:32 + 3 times; יֵיטִב Proverbs 15:13 + 2 times; יְיֵטִיב Job 24:21 (Ges§ 70 R); יֵיטֵיב 1 Kings 1:47 (Ges§ 70 R); וַיִּ֫יטֶב Exodus 1:20; suffix וִיטִיבְךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9, etc.; Imperative הֵיטִ֫יבָה Psalm 51:20; הֵיטִ֫יבִי Isaiah 23:16, etc.; Infinitive absolute הֵיטֵיב Jeremiah 7:5; Jeremiah 10:5; הֵיטֵב Genesis 32:13 + 10 times; Infinitive construct הֵיטִיב Leviticus 5:4 + 7 times; הֵטִיב Jeremiah 32:41; suffix הֵיטִיבִי Jeremiah 32:40, etc.; Participle מֵיטִיב 1 Samuel 16:17; מֵטִיב Psalm 119:68; מֵטִב Ezekiel 33:32, etc.; —
1. make glad, rejoice לֵב Judges 19:22; פנים Proverbs 15:13; the person Ecclesiastes 11:9.
2. do good to, deal well with, a person usually with preposition: with לְ, Exodus 1:20; Joshua 24:20 (both E), Genesis 12:16; Numbers 10:29, 32 (all J), Judges 17:13; 1 Samuel 25:31; Psalm 49:19; Psalm 125:4; with עִם, Genesis 32:10; Genesis 32:13 (twice in verse); Numbers 10:32 (all J), Micah 2:7; with accusative Deuteronomy 8:16; Deuteronomy 28:63; Deuteronomy 30:5; 1 Samuel 2:32; Jeremiah 18:10; Jeremiah 32:40, 41; Zechariah 8:15; Job 24:21; Psalm 51:20; absolute Ezekiel 36:11; opposed to הֵרַע (in prov. phrase, cannot do good or ill, = cannot do anything at all; test of deity) Zephaniah 1:12; Isaiah 41:23; Jeremiah 10:5.
3. do well or thoroughly: הֵטִיבוּ (כל)אשׁר דבּרוּ they have done well (all) that they have spoken Deuteronomy 5:25; Deuteronomy 18:17; על הרע כפים להיטיב Micah 7:3 their hands are upon the evil to do it well,i.e.diligently, thoroughly, literally make (it) good, with play on הרע; especially as auxil. followed by infinitive; דעת היט׳ Proverbs 15:2 = know well; לראות Jeremiah 1:12 see well; (לְ)נַגֵּן play well, skilfully 1 Samuel 16:17; Isaiah 23:16; Ezekiel 33:32; Psalm 33:3; compare participle construct followed by substantive מֵטִבֵי צָ֑עַד Proverbs 30:29 marching well, in a stately manner, so מֵיטִבֵי לֶכֶת Proverbs 30:29; infinitive absolute הֵיטֵיב as adverb = thoroughly, with verbs: כתת Deuteronomy 9:21, שׁאל Deuteronomy 13:15, דרשׁ Deuteronomy 17:4; Deuteronomy 19:18, באר Deuteronomy 27:8, שׁבּר 2 Kings 11:18.
4. make a thing good, right, beautiful: with accusative of thing: the head 2 Kings 9:30; dress, trim: a lamp Exodus 30:7 (P); מַצֵּבוֺת Hosea 10:1; גֵּהָה Proverbs 17:22 a glad heart maketh a good cure; followed by מִן comparative, object שֵׁם 1 Kings 1:47 ( = make it more glorious then); חֶסֶד Ruth 3:10; followed by דֶּרֶךְ = course of life or action Jeremiah 2:33 (in order to win love); amend one's ways and doings Jeremiah 7:3; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 26:13; Jeremiah 35:15; הֵיטֵיב תֵּיטִיבוּ אתדֿ׳ Jeremiah 7:5.
5. do well, right, ethically, absolute:
a. of men, Genesis 4:7 (twice in verse) (J), Leviticus 5:4 (P), Psalm 36:4; Isaiah 1:17; Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 13:23.
b. of God, טוֺב מֵטִיב good and doing good Psalm 119:68; so infinitive absolute as adverb הַהֵיטֵב חָרָה לך Jonah 4:4, 9 art thou rightly angry ? followed by לי Jonah 4:9. In כִּייֵֿיטִב אֶלאָֿבִי 1 Samuel 20:13 verb is apparently intransitive, = Qal, if it be pleasing unto my father, but Hiph. not elsewhere in this sense; point rather יִיטַב; on this and on following אֶתֿ see We Dr.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:7; 12:13; 12:13; 12:16; 12:16; 32:10; 32:13; 32:13; 34:18; 34:18; 40:14; 41:37; 45:16

Exodus

1:20; 1:20; 30:7

Leviticus

5:4; 5:4; 10:19; 10:20

Numbers

10:29; 10:32; 10:32; 10:32

Deuteronomy

1:23; 4:40; 5:16; 5:25; 5:26; 6:3; 6:18; 8:16; 9:21; 12:25; 12:28; 13:15; 17:4; 18:17; 19:18; 22:7; 27:8; 28:63; 30:5; 30:5

Joshua

22:30; 22:33; 24:20; 24:20

Judges

17:13; 18:20; 19:6; 19:9; 19:22

Ruth

3:1; 3:7; 3:10; 3:10

1 Samuel

2:32; 16:17; 16:17; 18:5; 20:13; 24:5; 24:5; 25:31; 25:31

2 Samuel

3:36; 18:4

1 Kings

1:47; 1:47; 3:10; 21:7

2 Kings

9:30; 11:18; 25:24

Nehemiah

2:5; 2:6

Esther

1:21; 2:4; 2:4; 2:9; 5:14

Job

24:21; 24:21

Psalms

33:3; 36:4; 49:19; 69:32; 119:68; 119:68; 125:4

Proverbs

15:2; 15:13; 15:13; 17:22; 30:29; 30:29

Ecclesiastes

7:3; 11:9; 11:9

Isaiah

1:17; 23:16; 23:16; 41:23

Jeremiah

1:12; 1:12; 2:33; 4:22; 7:3; 7:5; 7:5; 7:23; 10:5; 10:5; 13:23; 18:10; 18:11; 26:13; 32:40; 32:40; 32:41; 32:41; 35:15; 38:20; 40:9; 42:6

Ezekiel

33:32; 33:32; 36:11; 36:11

Hosea

10:1

Jonah

4:4; 4:9; 4:9

Micah

2:7; 7:3

Nahum

3:8; 3:8

Zephaniah

1:12

Zechariah

8:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3190 matches the Hebrew יָטַב (yāṭaḇ),
which occurs 112 times in 105 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Sa 24:4–Jon 4:9)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:4 - Then David’s men said to him, “Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold; I am about to hand your enemy over to you, and you shall do to him as it seems H3190 good H3190 [fn]to you.’” Then David got up and cut off the edge of Saul’s robe secretly.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - this will not become an obstacle to you, or a [fn]troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having [fn]avenged himself. When the LORD deals H3190 well H3190 with my lord, then remember your slave.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - Now all the people took note of David’s vow, and it [fn]pleased H3190 them, just as everything that the king did [fn]pleased all the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - Then the king said to them, “Whatever seems H3190 best H3190 to you I will do.” So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and thousands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - “Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make H3190 the name of Solomon better H3190 than your name, and his throne greater than your throne!’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:10 -

Now [fn]it was pleasing H3190 in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:7 - Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now [fn]reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be H3190 joyful H3190; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:30 -

When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it, and she put makeup on her eyes and adorned H3190 her head, and looked down through the window.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land came to the house of Baal and tore it down; they thoroughly H3190 smashed his altars and his images in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Then the priest appointed sentries over the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah swore to them and their men and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go H3190 well H3190 for you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:5 - Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found H3190 favor H3190 before you, I request that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - Then the king said to me, with the queen sitting beside him, “How long will your journey be, and when will you return?” So it pleased H3190 the king to send me, and I gave him a definite time.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:21 -

Now this word pleased H3190 the king and the officials, and the king did [fn]as Memucan proposed.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - “Then let the young woman who pleases H3190 the king be queen in place of Vashti.” And the [fn]suggestion pleased H3190 the king, and he did accordingly.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - Now the young lady pleased H3190 him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and [fn]food, gave her seven choice female attendants from the king’s palace, and transferred her and her attendants to the best place in the harem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a wooden gallows [fn]fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the [fn]advice pleased H3190 Haman, so he had the wooden gallows made.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:21 -

“He wrongs the [fn]infertile woman,

And does H3190 no good H3190 for the widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:3 -

Sing to Him a new song;

Play skillfully H3190 with a shout of joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 -

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;

He has ceased to [fn]be wise and to do H3190 good H3190.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:18 -

Though while he lives he congratulates [fn]himself

And though people praise you when you do H3190 well H3190 for yourself—

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:18 -

By Your favor do H3190 good H3190 to Zion;

[fn]Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:31 -

And it will please H3190 the LORD better H3190 than an ox

Or bull with horns and hoofs.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2 -

The tongue of the wise makes H3190 knowledge pleasant H3190,

But the mouth of fools spouts foolishness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:13 -

A joyful heart makes H3190 a [fn]cheerful H3190 face,

But [fn]when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:22 -

A joyful heart [fn]is H3190 good H3190 medicine,

But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:29 -

There are three things which are stately H3190 in their march,

Even four which are stately H3190 when they walk:

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 -

Sorrow is better than laughter,

For when a face is sad a heart may be H3190 happy H3190.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:9 -

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be H3190 pleasant H3190 during the days of young manhood. And follow the [fn]impulses of your heart and the [fn]desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 -

Learn to do H3190 good H3190;

Seek justice,

Rebuke the oppressor,

Obtain justice for the orphan,

Plead for the widow’s case.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 -

Take your harp, wander around the city,

You forgotten prostitute;

Pluck the strings skillfully H3190, sing many songs,

That you may be remembered.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:23 -

Declare the things that are going to come afterward,

So that we may know that you are gods;

Indeed, do H3190 good H3190 or evil, that we may be afraid and fear together.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:12 - Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well H3190, for I am [fn]watching over My word to perform it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33 -

“How well H3190 you prepare H3190 your way

To seek love!

Therefore even to the wicked women

You have taught your ways.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 -

“For My people are foolish,

They do not know Me;

They are foolish children

And have no understanding.

They are skillful at doing evil,

But they do not know how to do H3190 good H3190.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:3 - This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Amend H3190 your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:5 - “For if you truly H3190 amend H3190 your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:23 - “But this is [fn]what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk [fn]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5 -

“They are like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,

And they cannot speak;

They must be carried,

Because they cannot walk!

Do not fear them,

For they can do no harm,

Nor can they do H3190 any good H3190.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:23 -

“Can the Ethiopian change his skin,

Or the leopard his spots?

Then you as well can do H3190 good H3190

Who are accustomed to doing evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:10 - if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said [fn]that I would bless H3190 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - “So now, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now turn back, each of you from his evil way, and [fn]correct H3190 your ways and your deeds!”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - “Now then, reform H3190 your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent of the disaster which He has pronounced against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:40 - “I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do H3190 them good H3190; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts, so that they will not turn away from Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - “Also I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: ‘Turn now every person from his evil way and amend H3190 your deeds, and do not follow other gods to worship them. Then you will live in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20 - But Jeremiah said, “They will not turn you over. Please [fn]obey the LORD in what I am saying to you, so that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you and [fn]you may live.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, “Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans; stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, so that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6 - “Whether it is [fn]pleasant or [fn]unpleasant, we will listen to the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go H3190 well H3190 for us when we listen to the voice of the LORD our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 -

Israel is a luxuriant vine;

He produces fruit for himself.

The more his fruit,

The more altars he made;

The [fn]richer his land,

The better H3190 [fn]he made H3190 the memorial stones.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:4 - But the LORD said, “Do you have H3190 a good H3190 reason H3190 to be angry?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:9 -

But God said to Jonah, “Do you have H3190 a good H3190 reason H3190 to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have H3190 good H3190 reason H3190 to be angry, even to the point of death!”


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