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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
Dictionary Aids

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?
3. impersonal with לְ, be well for or with, go well with Genesis 12:13 (J), Genesis 40:14 (E), Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 5:16, 26; Deuteronomy 6:3, 18; Deuteronomy 12:25, 28; Deuteronomy 22:7; 2 Kings 25:24; Ruth 3:1; Jeremiah 7:23; Jeremiah 38:20; Jeremiah 40:9; Jeremiah 42:6.
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

H3190

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

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 4:7–1Sa 20:13)

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