Definition

to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense

Etymology

a primitive root,

How the KJV renders it

• be (do) better
• cheer
• be (do
• seem) good
• (make) goodly
• please
• (be
• do
• go
• play) well

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.