Strong’s definition
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
KJV gloss list in the source
be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, [idiom] please, (be, do, go, play) well.
Source pronunciation notation: tobe
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root,
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