Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV Usage: 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, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָטַב (ya.tav) — be good. 1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be glad, be joyful 1a2) to be well placed 1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with 1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to make glad, rejoice 1b2) to do good to, deal well with 1b3) to do well, do thoroughly 1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful 1b5) to do well, do right
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מֵיטָב
Good | verb hif
to tend, to adorn, to improve = causative action by which humans cause objects to be in a better state of maintenance than before
Great | verb hif
Collocation: יטב שֵׁם
to make (someone) famous literally: to make (someone's) name good; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to have a good reputation
Intense | verb hif
to enhance literally: to make good; hence: = causative action by which humans cause a certain activity to take place with enhanced intensity and quality
Rejoice | verb qal
Collocation: לֵב יטב
to be happy literally: (one's) heart is good; hence: = state in which humans feel happy and contented
JDG 18:20 · JDG 19:6 · JDG 19:9 · RUT 3:7 · 1KI 21:7 · ECC 7:3
Rejoice | verb hif
Collocation: לֵב יטב
to give joy literally: (one's) heart makes (someone) good; hence: = causative process by which one's thinking and choices bring about enjoyment
Rejoice | verb hif
Collocation: יטב לֵב
to enjoy (oneself) literally: to make (one's) heart good; hence: = action by which humans act with happiness and contentment
Right | verb qal, verb hif, verb pe'al
to seem good (to someone), to please = state in which humans or deities consider a matter or an activity morally and/or ethically right
GEN 34:18 · GEN 41:37 · GEN 45:16 · LEV 10:19 · LEV 10:20 · DEU 1:23 · JOS 22:30 · JOS 22:33 · 1SA 18:5 · 1SA 20:13 · 1SA 24:5 · 2SA 3:36 · 2SA 18:4 · 1KI 3:10 · EZR 7:18 · NEH 2:5 · NEH 2:6 · EST 1:21 · EST 2:4 · EST 2:4 · EST 2:9 · EST 5:14 · PSA 69:32
Right | verb hif
to do good = action by which humans or deities act in a way that is morally and/or ethically right
GEN 4:7 · GEN 4:7 · GEN 12:16 · GEN 32:10 · GEN 32:13 · GEN 32:13 · EXO 1:20 · LEV 5:4 · NUM 10:29 · NUM 10:32 · NUM 10:32 · DEU 5:28 · DEU 8:16 · DEU 18:17 · DEU 28:63 · DEU 30:5 · JOS 24:20 · JDG 17:13 · 1SA 2:32 · 1SA 25:31 · JOB 24:21 · PSA 36:4 · PSA 51:20 · PSA 119:68 · PSA 125:4 · ISA 1:17 · ISA 41:23 · JER 4:22 · JER 7:5 · JER 10:5 · JER 13:23 · JER 18:10 · JER 26:13 · JER 32:40 · JER 32:41 · EZK 36:11 · JON 4:4 · JON 4:9 · JON 4:9 · MIC 2:7 · ZEP 1:12 · ZEC 8:15
Right | verb hif
to make right literally: to make right; hence: = action by which humans perform their activities in a morally and/or ethically acceptable way
Safe | verb qal
to go well with = state in which people live in a condition of well-being
GEN 12:13 · GEN 40:14 · DEU 4:40 · DEU 5:16 · DEU 5:29 · DEU 6:3 · DEU 6:18 · DEU 12:25 · DEU 12:28 · DEU 22:7 · RUT 3:1 · 2KI 25:24 · JER 7:23 · JER 38:20 · JER 40:9 · JER 42:6 · NAM 3:8
Stance | verb hif
Collocation: יטב פָּנִים
to pull a cheerful face literally: to make (one's) face good; hence: = action by which humans give expression to their happiness by pulling a cheerful face
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[יָטַב] vb. be good, well, glad, pleasing Qal be glad, joyful
be well placed
impers. be well for or with, go well with
be pleasing
Hithp. make glad, rejoice
do good to, deal well with
do well or thoroughly
make a thing good, right, beautiful
do well, right, ethically
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