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Lexicon :: Strong's H4315 - mêṭāḇ

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מֵיטָב
Transliteration
mêṭāḇ
Pronunciation
may-tawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 863a

Strong’s Definitions

מֵיטָב mêyṭâb, may-tawb'; from H3190; the best part:—best.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H4315 in the following manner: best (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H4315 in the following manner: best (6x).
  1. the best

    1. as superlative

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵיטָב mêyṭâb, may-tawb'; from H3190; the best part:—best.
STRONGS H4315: Abbreviations
† (מֵיטָב) noun [masculine] the best, only construct מֵיטַב and as superlative; the best of a thing: שָׂדֵהוּ וּמ׳ מ׳ כָּרְמוֺ Exodus 22:4 (JE) the best of his field and the best of his vineyard (choicest fruit); הַצּאֹן מ׳ the best of the sheep 1 Samuel 15:9,15; הָאָרֶץ בְּמ׳ in the best of the land Genesis 47:6,11 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:6; 47:11

Exodus

22:4

1 Samuel

15:9; 15:15

H4315

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4315 matches the Hebrew מֵיטָב (mêṭāḇ),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - “The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know of any men of ability among them, [fn]put them in charge of my livestock.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - So Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them a possession in Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses (Goshen), as Pharaoh commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 -

“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed bare or lets his livestock loose so that it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and everything that was good, and they were not willing to destroy them entirely; but everything that was undesirable or worthless they destroyed completely.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen [fn]to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have destroyed completely.”
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