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יָטַב

ya.tavbe goodHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb117 occurrences27 books110 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Traditional renderings: 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).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָטַב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

117 total
  1. Jeremiah 32:40לְהֵיטִיבִ֖י · doing good to them
    I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
  2. Jeremiah 32:41לְהֵטִ֣יב · doing them good
    Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
  3. Jeremiah 35:15וְהֵיטִ֣יבוּ · and correct
    Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
  4. Jeremiah 38:20וְיִ֥יטַב · that it may go well
    “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
  5. Jeremiah 40:9וְיִיטַ֥ב · and it will go well
    Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
  6. Jeremiah 42:6יִֽיטַב־ · it may go well with us
    Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
  7. Ezekiel 33:32וּמֵטִ֣ב · who skillfully
    Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.
  8. Ezekiel 36:11וְהֵטִֽבֹתִי֙ · and I will make you prosper
    I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  9. Hosea 10:1הֵיטִ֖יבוּ · the better he made
    Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
  10. Jonah 4:4הַהֵיטֵ֖ב · any right
    But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
  11. Jonah 4:9הַהֵיטֵ֥ב · any right; הֵיטֵ֥ב · I do
    Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
  12. Micah 2:7יֵיטִ֔יבוּ · bring good
    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
  13. Micah 7:3לְהֵיטִ֔יב · are skilled
    Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
  14. Nahum 3:8הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ · Are you better
    Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
  15. Zephaniah 1:12יֵיטִ֥יב · either good
    And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
  16. Zechariah 8:15לְהֵיטִ֥יב · to do good
    …“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.