H4315 מֵיטָב (mêyṭâb) may-tawb'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

best

Strong's Definition

the best part

Derivation: from H3190 (יָטַב);

KJV Usage: best.

TWOT Reference: 863a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) the best

1a) as superlative

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מֵיטָב (me.tav) — best. 1) the best 1a) as superlative

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מֵיטָב (H4315)

noun m · יטב

Good

best = state in which objects are of a high quality

GEN 47:6 · GEN 47:11 · EXO 22:4 · EXO 22:4 · 1SA 15:9 · 1SA 15:15

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

(מֵיטָב) n.[m.] the best base

Bible Occurrences (5)

47:6 47:11

22:5

15:9 15:15

Genesis 47:6

the land of Egypt is before you;... settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of... any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock....

Genesis 47:11

So Joseph settled his father and brothers... in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Exodus 22:5

If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field... or vineyard.

1 Samuel 15:9

Saul and his troops... spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless -.

1 Samuel 15:15

Saul answered, The troops... brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”