Word Study · Strong's H3190 · Hebrew
יָטַב
yatab
yaw-tab'
Strong's 1890 spelling: yâṭab
“to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Rendered in the KJV as
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).
- 117occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 27 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 86inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 117 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 86
- וַיִּיטַב֙4
- יִ֣יטַב4
- יִיטַ֥ב4
- הֵיטֵ֔ב3
- הֵיטִ֖יבוּ3
- וַיִּיטַ֥ב3
- וַיִּיטַ֖ב3
- יִֽיטַב־3
- הֵיטֵ֥ב2
- הֵיטֵ֑ב2
- הֵיטִ֣יבָה2
- הֵיטִ֥יבוּ2
and 74 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 64
- and it was good15
- it may go well9
- it will go well4
- so it may be good4
- thoroughly do well4
- to do good4
- to do good to4
- he will do good3
- it makes good3
- it will be good3
- so it may go well3
- you will do well3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 45
- Hc/Vqw3ms15
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute11
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular9
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)8
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular8
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular8
- HC/Vqu3ms6
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular3
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural3
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural3
- Hc/Vhq1cp2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 15
- HVhaa · 11
- HVqj3ms · 9
- HR/Vhcc · 8
- HVhi3ms · 8
- HVqi3ms · 8
- HC/Vqu3ms · 6
- HVhi2ms · 3
- HVhp3cp · 3
- HVhv2mp · 3
- Hc/Vhq1cp · 2
- HC/Vhrmsa · 2
All 117, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy19 of 117 · 16%
- Jeremiah18 of 117 · 15%
- Genesis11 of 117 · 9%
- Psalms7 of 117 · 6%
- 1 Samuel6 of 117 · 5%
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Genesis11 occurrences
- Genesis 4:7תֵּיטִיב֙teitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularIf 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.”here: you will do well
- Genesis 4:7תֵיטִ֔יבteitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularIf 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.”here: you will do well
- Genesis 12:13יִֽיטַב־yitav-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularPlease 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.”here: it may go well
- Genesis 12:16הֵיטִ֖יבheitivverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.here: he did good
- Genesis 32:9וְאֵיטִ֥יבָהveeitivahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularThen 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,’here: so let me do good
- Genesis 32:12הֵיטֵ֥בheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteBut 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.’”here: certainly to do good
- Genesis 32:12אֵיטִ֖יבʾeitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularBut 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.’”here: I will do good
- Genesis 34:18וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּvaiyitevuHc/Vqw3mpTheir offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.here: and they were good
- Genesis 40:14יִ֣יטַבyitavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut 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.here: it will go well
- Genesis 41:37וַיִּיטַ֥בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msThis proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.here: and it was good
- Genesis 45:16וַיִּיטַב֙vaiyitavHc/Vqw3msWhen the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.here: and it was good
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 1:20וַיֵּ֥יטֶבvaiyeitevHc/Vhw3msSo God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.here: and he did good
- Exodus 30:7בְּהֵיטִיב֛וֹbeheitivopreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.here: when makes good he
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 5:4לְהֵיטִ֗יבleheitivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to do good
- Leviticus 10:19הַיִּיטַ֖בhaiyitavquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut 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?”here: ¿ will it be good
- Leviticus 10:20וַיִּיטַ֖בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msAnd when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.here: and it was good
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 10:29וְהֵטַ֣בְנוּvehetavnuHc/Vhq1cpThen 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.”here: and we will do good
- Numbers 10:32יֵיטִ֧יבyeitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularIf you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”here: he will do good
- Numbers 10:32וְהֵטַ֥בְנוּvehetavnuHc/Vhq1cpIf you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”here: and we will do good
Deuteronomy19 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:23וַיִּיטַ֥בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msThe plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.here: and it was good
- Deuteronomy 4:40יִיטַ֣בyitavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularKeep 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.here: it will go well
- Deuteronomy 5:16יִ֣יטַבyitavverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularHonor 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.here: it may go well
- Deuteronomy 5:28הֵיטִ֖יבוּheitivuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAnd 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.here: they have done well
- Deuteronomy 5:29יִיטַ֥בyitavverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularIf 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.here: it may go well
- Deuteronomy 6:3יִיטַ֣בyitavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHear, 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.here: it will go well
- Deuteronomy 6:18יִ֣יטַבyitavverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularDo 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,here: it may go well
- Deuteronomy 8:16לְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֖leheitivkhapreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularHe 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.here: to do good to you
- Deuteronomy 9:21הֵיטֵ֔בheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteAnd 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.here: well
- Deuteronomy 12:25יִיטַ֤בyitavverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularDo 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.here: it may go well
- Deuteronomy 12:28יִיטַ֨בyitavverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularBe 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.here: it may go well
- Deuteronomy 13:14הֵיטֵ֑בheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutethen you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,here: thoroughly do well
- Deuteronomy 17:4הֵיטֵ֔בheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteand 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,here: thoroughly do well
- Deuteronomy 18:17הֵיטִ֖יבוּheitivuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThen the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.here: they have done well
- Deuteronomy 19:18הֵיטֵ֑בheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteThe judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,here: thoroughly do well
- Deuteronomy 22:7יִ֣יטַבyitavverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularYou 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.here: it may go well
- Deuteronomy 27:8הֵיטֵֽב׃ סheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteAnd you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”here: doing well
- Deuteronomy 28:63לְהֵיטִ֣יבleheitivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“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.here: to do good to
- Deuteronomy 30:5וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥veheitivkhaHc/Vhq3ms/Sp2msAnd 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.here: and he will do good to you
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 22:30וַיִּיטַ֖בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msWhen 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.here: and it was good
- Joshua 22:33וַיִּיטַ֣בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msThe 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.here: and it was good
- Joshua 24:20הֵיטִ֥יבheitivverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIf 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.”here: he has done good
Judges5 occurrences
- Judges 17:13יֵיטִ֥יבyeitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”here: he will do good
- Judges 18:20וַיִּיטַב֙vaiyitavHc/Vqw3msSo the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.here: and it was good
- Judges 19:6וְיִטַ֥בveyitavHC/Vqu3msSo 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.”here: so it may be good
- Judges 19:9וְיִיטַ֣בveyitavHC/Vqu3msWhen 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.”here: so it may be good
- Judges 19:22מֵיטִיבִ֣יםmeitivimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralWhile 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!”here: [were] making good
Ruth3 occurrences
- Ruth 3:1יִֽיטַב־yitav-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularOne 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?here: it will go well
- Ruth 3:7וַיִּיטַ֣בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msAfter 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.here: and it was good
- Ruth 3:10הֵיטַ֛בְתְּheitavtverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularThen 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.here: you have made good
1 Samuel6 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 2:32יֵיטִ֖יבyeitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularYou 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.here: he will do good to
- 1 Samuel 16:17מֵיטִ֣יבmeitivverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”here: [who] does well
- 1 Samuel 18:5וַיִּיטַב֙vaiyitavHc/Vqw3msSo 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.here: and it was good
- 1 Samuel 20:13יֵיטִ֨בyeitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut 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.here: it will make good
- 1 Samuel 24:4יִטַ֣בyitavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularSo 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 secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.here: it will be good
- 1 Samuel 25:31וְהֵיטִ֤בveheitivHc/Vhq3msthen 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 maidservant.”here: and he will do good
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:36וַיִּיטַ֖בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msAll the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.here: and it was good
- 2 Samuel 18:4יִיטַ֥בyitavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular“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.here: it will be good
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:47יֵיטֵ֨בyeitevverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularThe 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,here: may he make good
- 1 Kings 3:10וַיִּיטַ֥בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msNow it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.here: and it was good
- 1 Kings 21:7וְיִטַ֣בveyitavHC/Vqu3msBut 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.”here: so it may be good
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 9:30וַתֵּ֣יטֶבvateitevHc/Vhw3fsNow when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.here: and she made good
- 2 Kings 11:18הֵיטֵ֔בheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteSo 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.here: thoroughly do well
- 2 Kings 25:24וְיִטַ֥בveyitavHC/Vqu3msAnd 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.”here: so it may go well
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 2:5יִיטַ֥בyitavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularand 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.”here: he is good
- Nehemiah 2:6וַיִּיטַ֤בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msThen 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.here: and it was good
Esther5 occurrences
- Esther 1:21וַיִּיטַב֙vaiyitavHc/Vqw3msThe king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.here: and it was good
- Esther 2:4תִּיטַב֙titavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThen let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.here: she will be good
- Esther 2:4וַיִּיטַ֧בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msThen let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.here: and it was good
- Esther 2:9וַתִּיטַ֨בvatitavHc/Vqw3fsAnd 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.here: and she was good
- Esther 5:14וַיִּיטַ֧בvaiyitavHc/Vqw3msHis 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.here: and it was good
Psalms7 occurrences
- Psalms 33:3הֵיטִ֥יבוּheitivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluralSing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.here: do well
- Psalms 36:3לְהֵיטִֽיב׃leheitivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.here: to do good
- Psalms 49:18תֵיטִ֥יבteitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularThough in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—here: you will do well
- Psalms 51:18הֵיטִ֣יבָהheitivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic heIn Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.here: do good to !
- Psalms 69:31וְתִיטַ֣בvetitavHC/Vqu2msAnd this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.here: so it may be good
- Psalms 119:68וּמֵטִ֗יבumetivconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.here: and [are] doing good
- Psalms 125:4הֵיטִ֣יבָהheitivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic heDo good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.here: do good !
Proverbs5 occurrences
- Proverbs 15:2תֵּיטִ֣יבteitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThe tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.here: it makes good
- Proverbs 15:13יֵיטִ֣בyeitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularA joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.here: it makes good
- Proverbs 17:22יֵיטִ֣בyeitivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularA joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.here: it makes good
- Proverbs 30:29מֵיטִ֣יבֵיmeitiveiverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:here: [are] doing well of
- Proverbs 30:29מֵיטִ֥בֵיmeitiveiverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:here: [are] doing well
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 7:3יִ֥יטַבyitavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularSorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.here: it will be good
- Ecclesiastes 11:9וִֽיטִֽיבְךָ֤vitivekhaHC/Vhu3ms/Sp2msRejoice, 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.here: and let it make good you
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:17הֵיטֵ֛בheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteLearn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”here: to do good
- Isaiah 23:16הֵיטִ֤יבִיheitiviverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”here: do well
- Isaiah 41:23תֵּיטִ֣יבוּteitivuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralTell 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.here: you will do good
Jeremiah18 occurrences
- Jeremiah 1:12הֵיטַ֣בְתָּheitavtaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”here: you have done well
- Jeremiah 2:33תֵּיטִ֥בִיteitiviverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person feminine singularHow skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.here: you make good
- Jeremiah 4:22וּלְהֵיטִ֖יבuleheitivconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)“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.”here: and to do good
- Jeremiah 7:3הֵיטִ֥יבוּheitivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluralThus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.here: make good
- Jeremiah 7:5הֵיטֵיב֙heiteivverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteFor if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,here: certainly to make good
- Jeremiah 7:5תֵּיטִ֔יבוּteitivuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralFor if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,here: you will make good
- Jeremiah 7:23יִיטַ֥בyitavverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularbut 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.here: it may go well
- Jeremiah 10:5הֵיטֵ֖יבheiteivverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteLike 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.”here: [is] doing good
- Jeremiah 13:23לְהֵיטִ֔יבleheitivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to do good
- Jeremiah 18:10לְהֵיטִ֥יבleheitivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“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.here: to do good to
- Jeremiah 18:11וְהֵיטִ֥יבוּveheitivuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluralNow 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.’here: and make good
- Jeremiah 26:13הֵיטִ֤יבוּheitivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluralSo 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.here: make good
- Jeremiah 32:40לְהֵיטִיבִ֖יleheitivipreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI 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.here: to do good to I
- Jeremiah 32:41לְהֵטִ֣יבlehetivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“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.here: to do good to
- Jeremiah 35:15וְהֵיטִ֣יבוּveheitivuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluralAgain 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.here: and make good
- Jeremiah 38:20וְיִ֥יטַבveyitavHC/Vqu3ms“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.here: so it may go well
- Jeremiah 40:9וְיִיטַ֥בveyitavHC/Vqu3msGedaliah 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.here: so it may go well
- Jeremiah 42:6יִֽיטַב־yitav-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularWhether 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, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”here: it may go well
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 33:32וּמֵטִ֣בumetivconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularIndeed, 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.here: and [one who] does well
- Ezekiel 36:11וְהֵטִֽבֹתִי֙vehetivotiHc/Vhq1csI 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.here: and I will do good
Jonah3 occurrences
- Jonah 4:4הַהֵיטֵ֖בhaheitevquestion particle + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteBut the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”here: ¿ rightly do well
- Jonah 4:9הַהֵיטֵ֥בhaheitevquestion particle + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteThen God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”here: ¿ rightly do well
- Jonah 4:9הֵיטֵ֥בheitevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteThen God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”here: rightly do well
Micah2 occurrences
- Micah 2:7יֵיטִ֔יבוּyeitivuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralShould 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?here: do they do good
- Micah 7:3לְהֵיטִ֔יבleheitivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to do [it] well