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Hebrew word · H3190

יָטַב

yitav

be good

Appears 117 times in 110 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

Where it appears

Genesis · 11
  1. Genesis 4:7 תֵּיטִיב֙ תֵיטִ֔יב you will do well

    If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

  2. Genesis 12:13 יִֽיטַב־ it may go well

    Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

  3. Genesis 12:16 הֵיטִ֖יב he did good

    He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

  4. Genesis 32:9 וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה so let me do good

    Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

  5. Genesis 32:12 הֵיטֵ֥ב אֵיטִ֖יב certainly <to do good>, I will do good

    But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

  6. Genesis 34:18 וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ and they were good

    Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

  7. Genesis 40:14 יִ֣יטַב it will go well

    But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

  8. Genesis 41:37 וַיִּיטַ֥ב and it was good

    This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.

  9. Genesis 45:16 וַיִּיטַב֙ and it was good

    When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.

Exodus · 2
  1. Exodus 1:20 וַיֵּ֥יטֶב and he did good

    So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

  2. Exodus 30:7 בְּהֵיטִיב֛וֹ when makes good he

    And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

Leviticus · 3
  1. Leviticus 5:4 לְהֵיטִ֗יב to do good

    Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.

  2. Leviticus 10:19 הַיִּיטַ֖ב ¿ will it be good

    But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”

  3. Leviticus 10:20 וַיִּיטַ֖ב and it was good

    And when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

Numbers · 3
  1. Numbers 10:29 וְהֵטַ֣בְנוּ and we will do good

    Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

  2. Numbers 10:32 יֵיטִ֧יב וְהֵטַ֥בְנוּ he will do good, and we will do good

    If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

Deuteronomy · 19
  1. Deuteronomy 1:23 וַיִּיטַ֥ב and it was good

    The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:40 יִיטַ֣ב it will go well

    Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

  3. Deuteronomy 5:16 יִ֣יטַב it may go well

    Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  4. Deuteronomy 5:28 הֵיטִ֖יבוּ they have done well

    And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

  5. Deuteronomy 5:29 יִיטַ֥ב it may go well

    If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

  6. Deuteronomy 6:3 יִיטַ֣ב it will go well

    Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

  7. Deuteronomy 6:18 יִ֣יטַב it may go well

    Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

  8. Deuteronomy 8:16 לְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֖ to do good to you

    He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

  9. Deuteronomy 9:21 הֵיטֵ֔ב well

    And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

  10. Deuteronomy 12:25 יִיטַ֤ב it may go well

    Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

  11. Deuteronomy 12:28 יִיטַ֨ב it may go well

    Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

  12. Deuteronomy 13:14 הֵיטֵ֑ב thoroughly <do well>

    then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,

  13. Deuteronomy 17:4 הֵיטֵ֔ב thoroughly <do well>

    and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,

  14. Deuteronomy 18:17 הֵיטִ֖יבוּ they have done well

    Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.

  15. Deuteronomy 19:18 הֵיטֵ֑ב thoroughly <do well>

    The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

  16. Deuteronomy 22:7 יִ֣יטַב it may go well

    You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

  17. Deuteronomy 27:8 הֵיטֵֽב׃ ס doing well

    And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”

  18. Deuteronomy 28:63 לְהֵיטִ֣יב to do good to

    Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

  19. Deuteronomy 30:5 וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥ and he will do good to you

    And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.

Joshua · 3
  1. Joshua 22:30 וַיִּיטַ֖ב and it was good

    When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.

  2. Joshua 22:33 וַיִּיטַ֣ב and it was good

    The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

  3. Joshua 24:20 הֵיטִ֥יב he has done good

    If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”

Judges · 5
  1. Judges 17:13 יֵיטִ֥יב he will do good

    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

  2. Judges 18:20 וַיִּיטַב֙ and it was good

    So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.

  3. Judges 19:6 וְיִטַ֥ב so it may be good

    So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”

  4. Judges 19:9 וְיִיטַ֣ב so it may be good

    When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

  5. Judges 19:22 מֵיטִיבִ֣ים [were] making good

    While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”

Ruth · 3
  1. Ruth 3:1 יִֽיטַב־ it will go well

    One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

  2. Ruth 3:7 וַיִּיטַ֣ב and it was good

    After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

  3. Ruth 3:10 הֵיטַ֛בְתְּ you have made good

    Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

1 Samuel · 6
  1. 1 Samuel 2:32 יֵיטִ֖יב he will do good to

    You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

  2. 1 Samuel 16:17 מֵיטִ֣יב [who] does well

    And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”

  3. 1 Samuel 18:5 וַיִּיטַב֙ and it was good

    So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

  4. 1 Samuel 20:13 יֵיטִ֨ב it will make good

    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.

  5. 1 Samuel 24:4 יִטַ֣ב it will be good

    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.

  6. 1 Samuel 25:31 וְהֵיטִ֤ב and he will do good

    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.”

2 Samuel · 2
  1. 2 Samuel 3:36 וַיִּיטַ֖ב and it was good

    All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

  2. 2 Samuel 18:4 יִיטַ֥ב it will be good

    “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.

1 Kings · 3
  1. 1 Kings 1:47 יֵיטֵ֨ב may he make good

    The 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,

  2. 1 Kings 3:10 וַיִּיטַ֥ב and it was good

    Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.

  3. 1 Kings 21:7 וְיִטַ֣ב so it may be good

    But 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.”

2 Kings · 3
  1. 2 Kings 9:30 וַתֵּ֣יטֶב and she made good

    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

  2. 2 Kings 11:18 הֵיטֵ֔ב thoroughly <do well>

    So 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.

  3. 2 Kings 25:24 וְיִטַ֥ב so it may go well

    And 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.”

Nehemiah · 2
  1. Nehemiah 2:5 יִיטַ֥ב he is good

    and 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.”

  2. Nehemiah 2:6 וַיִּיטַ֤ב and it was good

    Then 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.

Esther · 5
  1. Esther 1:21 וַיִּיטַב֙ and it was good

    The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.

  2. Esther 2:4 תִּיטַב֙ וַיִּיטַ֧ב she will be good, and it was good

    Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.

  3. Esther 2:9 וַתִּיטַ֨ב and she was good

    And 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.

  4. Esther 5:14 וַיִּיטַ֧ב and it was good

    His 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.

Job · 1
  1. Job 24:21 יְיֵטִֽיב׃ he does good to

    They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

Psalms · 7
  1. Psalm 33:3 הֵיטִ֥יבוּ do well

    Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.

  2. Psalm 36:3 לְהֵיטִֽיב׃ to do good

    The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

  3. Psalm 49:18 תֵיטִ֥יב you will do well

    Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—

  4. Psalm 51:18 הֵיטִ֣יבָה do good to !

    In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

  5. Psalm 69:31 וְתִיטַ֣ב so it may be good

    And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

  6. Psalm 119:68 וּמֵטִ֗יב and [are] doing good

    You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

  7. Psalm 125:4 הֵיטִ֣יבָה do good !

    Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

Proverbs · 5
  1. Proverbs 15:2 תֵּיטִ֣יב it makes good

    The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.

  2. Proverbs 15:13 יֵיטִ֣ב it makes good

    A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

  3. Proverbs 17:22 יֵיטִ֣ב it makes good

    A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

  4. Proverbs 30:29 מֵיטִ֣יבֵי מֵיטִ֥בֵי [are] doing well of, [are] doing well

    There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:

Ecclesiastes · 2
  1. Ecclesiastes 7:3 יִ֥יטַב it will be good

    Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

  2. Ecclesiastes 11:9 וִֽיטִֽיבְךָ֤ and let it make good you

    Rejoice, 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.

Isaiah · 3
  1. Isaiah 1:17 הֵיטֵ֛ב to do good

    Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

  2. Isaiah 23:16 הֵיטִ֤יבִי do well

    “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

  3. Isaiah 41:23 תֵּיטִ֣יבוּ you will do good

    Tell 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.

Jeremiah · 18
  1. Jeremiah 1:12 הֵיטַ֣בְתָּ you have done well

    “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”

  2. Jeremiah 2:33 תֵּיטִ֥בִי you make good

    How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

  3. Jeremiah 4:22 וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב and to do good

    “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.”

  4. Jeremiah 7:3 הֵיטִ֥יבוּ make good

    Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.

  5. Jeremiah 7:5 הֵיטֵיב֙ תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ certainly <to make good>, you will make good

    For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,

  6. Jeremiah 7:23 יִיטַ֥ב it may go well

    but 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.

  7. Jeremiah 10:5 הֵיטֵ֖יב [is] doing good

    Like 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.”

  8. Jeremiah 13:23 לְהֵיטִ֔יב to do good

    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

  9. Jeremiah 18:10 לְהֵיטִ֥יב to do good to

    and 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.

  10. Jeremiah 18:11 וְהֵיטִ֥יבוּ and make good

    Now 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.’

  11. Jeremiah 26:13 הֵיטִ֤יבוּ make good

    So 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.

  12. Jeremiah 32:40 לְהֵיטִיבִ֖י to do good to I

    I 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.

  13. Jeremiah 32:41 לְהֵטִ֣יב to do good to

    Yes, 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.

  14. Jeremiah 35:15 וְהֵיטִ֣יבוּ and make good

    Again 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.

  15. Jeremiah 38:20 וְיִ֥יטַב so it may go well

    “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.

  16. Jeremiah 40:9 וְיִיטַ֥ב so it may go well

    Gedaliah 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.

  17. Jeremiah 42:6 יִֽיטַב־ it may go well

    Whether 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!”

Ezekiel · 2
  1. Ezekiel 33:32 וּמֵטִ֣ב and [one who] does well

    Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.

  2. Ezekiel 36:11 וְהֵטִֽבֹתִי֙ and I will do good

    I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Hosea · 1
  1. Hosea 10:1 הֵיטִ֖יבוּ they made good

    Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.

Jonah · 3
  1. Jonah 4:4 הַהֵיטֵ֖ב ¿ rightly <do well>

    But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”

  2. Jonah 4:9 הַהֵיטֵ֥ב הֵיטֵ֥ב ¿ rightly <do well>, rightly <do well>

    Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

Micah · 2
  1. Micah 2:7 יֵיטִ֔יבוּ do they do good

    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?

  2. Micah 7:3 לְהֵיטִ֔יב to do [it] well

    Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

Nahum · 1
  1. Nahum 3:8 הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ ¿ have you been made good

    Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

Zephaniah · 1
  1. Zephaniah 1:12 יֵיטִ֥יב he will do good

    And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

Zechariah · 1
  1. Zechariah 8:15 לְהֵיטִ֥יב to do good to

    “so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

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