Usually translated as
well, good, amend, merry, better, be accepted, diligently, do, please, use aright, benefit, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, earnestly, give, be glad, shew more, skilfully, very small, make sweet, thoroughly, be, diligent, dress, find favour, goodness, surely, tire, trim, very
Occurrences
Yâṭab occurs 115 times in 108 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), Exodus (2), Leviticus (3), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (19), Joshua (3), Judges (5), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (3), Nehemiah (2), Esther (4), Job (1), Psalms (6), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (16), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (1), Jonah (2), Micah (2), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 4:7 — If thou doest well (תֵּיטִיב֙), 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 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well (תֵיטִ֔יב), sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
- Genesis 12:13 — Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well (יִֽיטַב) with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
- Genesis 12:16 — And he entreated Abram well (הֵיטִ֖יב) for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
- Genesis 32:9 — And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well (וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה) with thee:
- Genesis 32:12 — And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good (הֵיטֵ֥ב), and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
- Genesis 32:12 — And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good (אֵיטִ֖יב), and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
- Genesis 34:18 — And their words pleased (וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ) Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
- Genesis 40:14 — But think on me when it shall be well (יִ֣יטַב) 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 — And the thing was good (וַיִּיטַ֥ב) in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
- Genesis 45:16 — And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well (וַיִּיטַב֙), and his servants.
- Exodus 1:20 — Therefore God dealt well (וַיֵּ֥יטֶב) with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
- Exodus 30:7 — And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth (בְּהֵיטִיב֛וֹ) the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
- Leviticus 5:4 — Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good (לְהֵיטִ֗יב), 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 — 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 (הַיִּיטַ֖ב) in the sight of the LORD?
- Leviticus 10:20 — And when Moses heard that, he was content (וַיִּיטַ֖ב).
- Numbers 10:29 — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good (וְהֵטַ֣בְנוּ): for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
- Numbers 10:32 — And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do (יֵיטִ֧יב) unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
- Numbers 10:32 — 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 (וְהֵטַ֥בְנוּ) unto thee.
- Deuteronomy 1:23 — And the saying pleased me well (וַיִּיטַ֥ב): and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
- Deuteronomy 4:40 — Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well (יִיטַ֣ב) 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 — 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 (יִ֣יטַב) with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deuteronomy 5:28 — 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 (הֵיטִ֖יבוּ) all that they have spoken.
- Deuteronomy 5:29 — 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 (יִיטַ֥ב) with them, and with their children for ever!
- Deuteronomy 6:3 — Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well (יִיטַ֣ב) 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 — And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well (יִ֣יטַב) with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
- Deuteronomy 8:16 — 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 (לְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֖) at thy latter end;
- Deuteronomy 9:21 — And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small (הֵיטֵ֔ב), 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 — Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well (יִיטַ֤ב) 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 — Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well (יִיטַ֨ב) 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 — Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently (הֵיטֵ֑ב); and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
- Deuteronomy 17:4 — And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently (הֵיטֵ֔ב), and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
- Deuteronomy 18:17 — And the LORD said unto me, They have well (הֵיטִ֖יבוּ) spoken that which they have spoken.
- Deuteronomy 19:18 — And the judges shall make diligent inquisition (הֵיטֵ֑ב): and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
- Deuteronomy 22:7 — But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well (יִ֣יטַב) with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
- Deuteronomy 27:8 — And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly (הֵיטֵֽב).
- Deuteronomy 28:63 — And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good (לְהֵיטִ֣יב), 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 — 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 (וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥), and multiply thee above thy fathers.
- Joshua 22:30 — 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 (וַיִּיטַ֖ב) them.
- Joshua 22:33 — And the thing pleased (וַיִּיטַ֣ב) 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.
- Joshua 24:20 — If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good (הֵיטִ֥יב).
- Judges 17:13 — Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good (יֵיטִ֥יב), seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
- Judges 18:20 — And the priest’s heart was glad (וַיִּיטַב֙), and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
- Judges 19:6 — And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry (וְיִטַ֥ב).
- Judges 19:9 — 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 (וְיִיטַ֣ב); and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
- Judges 19:22 — Now as they were making their hearts merry (מֵיטִיבִ֣ים), 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 3:1 — Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well (יִֽיטַב) with thee?
- Ruth 3:7 — And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry (וַיִּיטַ֣ב), 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.
- Ruth 3:10 — And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more (הֵיטַ֛בְתְּ) kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
- 1 Samuel 2:32 — And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give (יֵיטִ֖יב) Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.