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Strong's H3190 יָטַב (yatab)

Yatab means “be accepted” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3190 — meleas in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3190
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 105
Books 26

Strong's H3190 Quick Answer

Strong's H3190 יָטַב (yatab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yatab (yaw-tab') v. 1. to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) [a primitive root] It has 105 linked Bible usages across 26 books. Visible English usage signals include well, make, amend, accepted, and may. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yatab (yaw-tab') v. 1. to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) [a primitive root]
Usage
105 linked usages
Books
26 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
well, make, amend, accepted, and may

Meaning and Definition

yatab (yaw-tab') v. 1.

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) [a primitive root] KJV: 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, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).

Original Word
יָטַב
Transliteration
yatab
Derivation
Root: יטב
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3190. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

be good

Usage: 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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How Strong's H3190 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yatab, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

well Genesis 4:7 30× make Genesis 32:12 Amend Jeremiah 7:3 accepted Leviticus 10:19 good Genesis 41:37 may Genesis 12:13

How Strong's H3190 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 105 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3190 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3190 in the Old Testament

105 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:7 KJV

If thou doest well, 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 12:13 KJV

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Genesis 12:16 KJV

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Usage Excerpts

First 105 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3190.

Genesis 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
If thou doest well, 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 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Genesis 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Genesis 32:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 with thee:
Genesis 32:12 Old Testament, KJV
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 34:18 Old Testament, KJV
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
Genesis 40:14 Old Testament, KJV
But think on me when it shall be well 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 Old Testament, KJV
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
Genesis 45:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
Exodus 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Exodus 30:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Leviticus 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, 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 Old Testament, KJV
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 in the sight of the LORD?
Leviticus 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
And when Moses heard that, he was content.
Numbers 10:29 Old Testament, KJV
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: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Numbers 10:32 Old Testament, KJV
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 unto thee.
Deuteronomy 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Deuteronomy 4:40 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well 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 Old Testament, KJV
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 with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 5:28 Old Testament, KJV
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 all that they have spoken.
Deuteronomy 5:29 Old Testament, KJV
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 with them, and with their children for ever!
Deuteronomy 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well 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 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.
Deuteronomy 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
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 at thy latter end;
Deuteronomy 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well 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 Old Testament, KJV
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well 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 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
Deuteronomy 17:4 Old Testament, KJV
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
Deuteronomy 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Deuteronomy 19:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
Deuteronomy 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
Deuteronomy 27:8 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Deuteronomy 28:63 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, 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 Old Testament, KJV
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, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
Joshua 22:30 Old Testament, KJV
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 them.
Joshua 22:33 Old Testament, KJV
And the thing pleased 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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Judges 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
Judges 18:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
Judges 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Judges 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
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; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
Judges 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
Now as they were making their hearts merry, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Ruth 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
1 Samuel 2:32 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
1 Samuel 16:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
1 Samuel 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
1 Samuel 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
1 Samuel 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
1 Samuel 25:31 Old Testament, KJV
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 with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
2 Samuel 3:36 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
2 Samuel 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best 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 Old Testament, KJV
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1 Kings 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.
1 Kings 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
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: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
2 Kings 9:30 Old Testament, KJV
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
2 Kings 11:18 Old Testament, KJV
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, 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 Old Testament, KJV
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 with you.
Nehemiah 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour 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 Old Testament, KJV
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 the king to send me; and I set him a time.
Esther 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Esther 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Esther 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the maiden pleased 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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Job 24:21 Old Testament, KJV
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Psalms 33:3 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms 36:3 Old Testament, KJV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms 49:18 Old Testament, KJV
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
Psalms 51:18 Old Testament, KJV
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Psalms 69:31 Old Testament, KJV
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Proverbs 15:2 Old Testament, KJV
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs 15:13 Old Testament, KJV
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 17:22 Old Testament, KJV
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 30:29 Old Testament, KJV
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
Ecclesiastes 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Isaiah 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah 23:16 Old Testament, KJV
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
Isaiah 41:23 Old Testament, KJV
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Jeremiah 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Jeremiah 2:33 Old Testament, KJV
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Jeremiah 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
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 they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Jeremiah 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Jeremiah 7:23 Old Testament, KJV
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 unto you.
Jeremiah 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Jeremiah 18:10 Old Testament, KJV
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 them.
Jeremiah 18:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 26:13 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore now amend 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 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Jeremiah 35:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 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 Old Testament, KJV
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 unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
Jeremiah 40:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 with you.
Jeremiah 42:6 Old Testament, KJV
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 with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
Hosea 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Jonah 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
Jonah 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Micah 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
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 to him that walketh uprightly?
Micah 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Art thou better 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?
Zephaniah 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Zechariah 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3190, grouped by book.

Genesis 9 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 19 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Esther 4 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 16 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3190 FAQ

What does yatab (יָטַב) mean?

Yatab (Strong's H3190) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be accepted". yatab (yaw-tab') v. 1. to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) [a primitive root]

How many times is yatab (יָטַב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 105 linked usages for Strong's H3190 across 26 books.

Where can I study yatab (יָטַב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3190 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yatab (יָטַב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as well, make, amend, accepted, may, and good. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.