יָטַב (ya.tav) means “be good” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-tab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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
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a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV glosses: 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).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| pleased | 4 |
| is good | 3 |
| it may be well | 3 |
| it may go well | 3 |
| thoroughly | 3 |
| well | 3 |
| and correct | 2 |
| and i will make you prosper | 2 |
| any right | 2 |
| correct | 2 |
| skillfully | 2 |
| to do good | 2 |
| were pleased | 2 |
| adorned | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and be cheerful | 1 |
| and it will be well | 1 |
| and it will go well | 1 |
| and this was pleasing | 1 |
| and this will please | 1 |
| and was in good spirits | 1 |
| and we will treat you well | 1 |
| and well-doing | 1 |
| and you do what is good | 1 |
| are impressive | 1 |
| are skilled | 1 |
| are you better | 1 |
| be glad | 1 |
| be merry | 1 |
| bring good | 1 |
| commends | 1 |
| correctly | 1 |
| do any good | 1 |
| do good | 1 |
| do something good | 1 |
| doing good to them | 1 |
| doing them good | 1 |
| either good | 1 |
| good to me | 1 |
| has dealt well | 1 |
| has found favor | 1 |
| he has been good | 1 |
| he might cause you to prosper | 1 |
| he was satisfied | 1 |
| he will cause you to prosper | 1 |
| how to do good | 1 |
| i do | 1 |
| i will be treated well | 1 |
| i will surely make you prosper | 1 |
| intends | 1 |
| it goes well | 1 |
| it may always go well | 1 |
| it may go well with us | 1 |
| it might be well | 1 |
| kindness | 1 |
| make sweet | 1 |
| makes a cheerful | 1 |
| may be merry | 1 |
| may prosper | 1 |
| more famous | 1 |
| pleased him | 1 |
| pleases | 1 |
| seemed good | 1 |
| seems best | 1 |
| so it pleased | 1 |
| that are stately | 1 |
| that it may go well | 1 |
| the better he made | 1 |
| they have done well | 1 |
| they were satisfied | 1 |
| to do anything good | 1 |
| to do right | 1 |
| to make you prosper | 1 |
| to prosper | 1 |
| was glad | 1 |
| was good | 1 |
| we will share | 1 |
| were enjoying | 1 |
| were satisfied | 1 |
| when he tends | 1 |
| who skillfully | 1 |
| will be good | 1 |
| would it have been acceptable | 1 |
| you do what is right | 1 |
| you have shown | 1 |
| you may prosper | 1 |
| you prosper | 1 |
| you really correct | 1 |
| you refuse to do what is right | 1 |
| you wish | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| pleased | 7 |
| well | 3 |
| amend | 2 |
| and it pleased | 2 |
| and it shall be well | 2 |
| be merry | 2 |
| better | 2 |
| diligently | 2 |
| do good | 2 |
| doest thou well | 2 |
| that it may be well | 2 |
| to do well | 2 |
| also shall please | 1 |
| and amend | 1 |
| and he entreated | 1 |
| and he was accepted | 1 |
| and i will deal well | 1 |
| and if thou doest not well | 1 |
| and that it may go well | 1 |
| and tired | 1 |
| aright | 1 |
| art thou better | 1 |
| but if it please | 1 |
| but to do good | 1 |
| dealt well | 1 |
| do thee good | 1 |
| doeth good | 1 |
| earnestly | 1 |
| for if ye throughly | 1 |
| for thee that it may be well | 1 |
| good | 1 |
| have found favour | 1 |
| he was content | 1 |
| i do well | 1 |
| i will surely | 1 |
| i would benefit | 1 |
| in them to do good | 1 |
| is made better | 1 |
| it and he will do thee good | 1 |
| it may be well | 1 |
| it pleased | 1 |
| it that it may go well | 1 |
| make sweet | 1 |
| maketh a cheerful | 1 |
| may be merry | 1 |
| merry | 1 |
| not and doeth not good | 1 |
| on me when it shall be well | 1 |
| or to do good | 1 |
| over you to do you good | 1 |
| pleased me well | 1 |
| shall do | 1 |
| shall give | 1 |
| shall have dealt well | 1 |
| shall make diligent | 1 |
| should it have been accepted | 1 |
| skilfully | 1 |
| so it pleased | 1 |
| that he hath done you good | 1 |
| that it may go well | 1 |
| that it might be well | 1 |
| thee that it may be well | 1 |
| thee that it may go well | 1 |
| thee to do thee good | 1 |
| thee when thou doest well | 1 |
| therefore now amend | 1 |
| thoroughly | 1 |
| thou doest well | 1 |
| thou hast shewed | 1 |
| to do good | 1 |
| to do them good | 1 |
| to him as it shall seem good | 1 |
| to thee that it may be well | 1 |
| unto me they have well | 1 |
| unto me thou hast well | 1 |
| unto thee so it shall be well | 1 |
| unto thee they have well | 1 |
| very | 1 |
| very small | 1 |
| was glad | 1 |
| was good | 1 |
| was merry | 1 |
| when he dresseth | 1 |
| which pleaseth | 1 |
| why trimmest | 1 |
| will do me good | 1 |
| will not do good | 1 |
| ye also do good | 1 |
| yea do good | 1 |
| you best | 1 |
| you that it may be well | 1 |
Page 2 of 3. 110 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.5
then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
Read word by wordAll the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
Read word by word“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
Read word by wordThe king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
Read word by wordNow it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.
Read word by wordBut his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Read word by wordNow when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
Read word by wordSo all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
Read word by wordand answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
Read word by wordThen the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
Read word by wordThe king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.
Read word by wordThen let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.
Read word by wordAnd the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
Read word by wordHis wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
Read word by wordThey prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
Read word by wordSing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Read word by wordThe words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 36.4
Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.19
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 51.20
And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.32
You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
Read word by wordDo good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.
Read word by wordThe tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Read word by wordA joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
Read word by wordA joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Read word by wordThere are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:
Read word by wordSorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
Read word by wordRejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Read word by wordLearn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Read word by word“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
Read word by wordTell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
Read word by word“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
Read word by wordHow skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Read word by word“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Read word by wordThus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
Read word by wordFor if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
Read word by wordbut this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
Read word by wordLike scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
Read word by wordCan the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Read word by wordand if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
Read word by wordNow therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
Read word by wordSo now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordYes, 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.
Read word by wordAgain 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.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordGedaliah 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.
Read word by wordWhether 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!”
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