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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2895 - Merry

Strong's No.:H2895

Hebrew:טוֹב

Transliteration:ṭôwb

Phonetic:tobe

Word Origin:

Bible Usage:be (do) {better} {cheer} be ({do} seem) {good} ({make}) {goodly} X-(idiom) {please} ({be} {do} {go} play) well.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

A primitive {root} to be (transitively do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right

a. (Qal)

1. to be pleasant, be delightful

2. to be glad, be joyful

3. to be better

4. to be well with, be good for

5. to be pleasing

b. (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly


Bible References:
Merry

Translation
Occurrences:
better ( 1 )
good ( 5 )
goodly ( 1 )
graciously ( 1 )
merry ( 2 )
please ( 8 )
pleased ( 2 )
pleasing ( 1 )
thee ( 1 )
well ( 9 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.