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יָטַב H3190

H3190 is the Hebrew word יָטַב, transliterated yâṭab and said yaw-tab'. The King James Version most often renders it well.

Word: יָטַבTransliteration: yâṭabSaid: yaw-tab'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 90 verses

What it means

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 59 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

well 17×pleased 11×good 10×go well 4×merry 4×amend 3×dealt well 2×diligently 2×better 2×doest thou well 2×doest well 1×if thou doest not well 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, [phrase] be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ([phrase] well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, [idiom] very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).

Verses using יָטַב

The first 40 of 90 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 4:7 · KJV

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Genesis 12:13 · KJV

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Genesis 12:16 · KJV

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Genesis 32:12 · KJV

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 34:18 · KJV

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

Genesis 40:14 · KJV

But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

Genesis 41:37 · KJV

And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

Genesis 45:16 · KJV

And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

Exodus 1:20 · KJV

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Exodus 30:7 · KJV

And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

Leviticus 5:4 · KJV

Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Leviticus 10:19 · KJV

And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

Leviticus 10:20 · KJV

And when Moses heard that, he was content.

Numbers 10:32 · KJV

And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

Deuteronomy 1:23 · KJV

And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

Deuteronomy 4:40 · KJV

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Deuteronomy 5:16 · KJV

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 5:28 · KJV

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.

Deuteronomy 5:29 · KJV

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Deuteronomy 6:3 · KJV

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 6:18 · KJV

And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 8:16 · KJV

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Deuteronomy 9:21 · KJV

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

Deuteronomy 12:25 · KJV

Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:28 · KJV

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 13:14 · KJV

Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

Deuteronomy 17:4 · KJV

And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

Deuteronomy 18:17 · KJV

And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

Deuteronomy 19:18 · KJV

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Deuteronomy 22:7 · KJV

But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

Deuteronomy 27:8 · KJV

And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

Deuteronomy 28:63 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deuteronomy 30:5 · KJV

And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

Joshua 22:30 · KJV

And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

Joshua 22:33 · KJV

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

Judges 17:13 · KJV

Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

Judges 18:20 · KJV

And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

Judges 19:9 · KJV

And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

Judges 19:22 · KJV

Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

Ruth 3:7 · KJV

And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3190 mean?

H3190 is the Hebrew word יָטַב (yâṭab), meaning to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right).

How is H3190 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it well (17 times), pleased (11 times), good (10 times), go well (4 times), merry (4 times), among others.

How many times does H3190 appear in the Bible?

יָטַב (yâṭab) is tagged in 90 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3190 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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