Strong's Concordance H3190

Original Word: יָטַב
Transliteration: yâṭab
Phonetic Spelling: yaw-tab'
a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right); be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).

Usages throughout the bible

1 Samuel 25:31 - That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well H3190 with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.

2 Samuel 3:36 - And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased H3190 them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

2 Samuel 18:4 - And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best H3190 I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

1 Kings 1:47 - And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better H3190 than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

1 Kings 3:10 - And the speech pleased H3190 the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

1 Kings 21:7 - And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: H3190 I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

2 Kings 9:30 - And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired H3190 her head, and looked out at a window.

2 Kings 11:18 - And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, H3190 and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well H3190 with you.

Nehemiah 2:5 - And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour H3190 in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

Nehemiah 2:6 - And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased H3190 the king to send me; and I set him a time.

Esther 1:21 - And the saying pleased H3190 the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Esther 2:4 - And let the maiden which pleaseth H3190 the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased H3190 the king; and he did so.

Esther 2:9 - And the maiden pleased H3190 him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

Esther 5:14 - Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased H3190 Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Job 24:21 - He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good H3190 to the widow.

Psalms 33:3 - Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully H3190 with a loud noise.

Psalms 36:3 - The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. H3190

Psalms 49:18 - Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well H3190 to thyself.

Psalms 51:18 - Do good H3190 in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalms 69:31 - This also shall please H3190 the LORD better H3190 than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

Proverbs 15:2 - The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: H3190 but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:13 - A merry heart maketh a cheerful H3190 countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22 - A merry heart doeth good H3190 like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 30:29 - There be three things which go well, H3190 yea, four are comely in going:

Ecclesiastes 7:3 - Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. H3190

Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do well; H3190 seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 23:16 - Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet H3190 melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Isaiah 41:23 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, H3190 or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

Jeremiah 1:12 - Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well H3190 seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

Jeremiah 2:33 - Why trimmest H3190 thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

Jeremiah 4:22 - For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good H3190 they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 7:3 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend H3190 your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Jeremiah 7:5 - For if ye throughly H3190 amend H3190 your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

Jeremiah 7:23 - But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well H3190 unto you.

Jeremiah 10:5 - They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. H3190

Jeremiah 13:23 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, H3190 that are accustomed to do evil.

Jeremiah 18:10 - If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit H3190 them.

Jeremiah 18:11 - Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. H3190

Jeremiah 26:13 - Therefore now amend H3190 your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 32:40 - And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; H3190 but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

Jeremiah 35:15 - I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend H3190 your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

Jeremiah 38:20 - But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well H3190 unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

Jeremiah 40:9 - And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well H3190 with you.

Jeremiah 42:6 - Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well H3190 with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.

Jonah 4:4 - Then said the LORD, Doest thou well H3190 to be angry?

Jonah 4:9 - And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well H3190 to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well H3190 to be angry, even unto death.

Micah 2:7 - O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good H3190 to him that walketh uprightly?

Micah 7:3 - That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, H3190 the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Nahum 3:8 - Art thou better H3190 than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?