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Greek G205 akrothínion

Original: ἀκροθίνιον

Meaning:
from ἄκρον and (a heap); properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty:--spoils.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty:--spoils.

Greek G4413 prōtos

Original: πρῶτος

Meaning:
contracted superlative of πρό; foremost (in time, place, order or importance):--before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: foremost (in time, place, order or importance):--before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.

Hebrew H2173 zimrâh

Original: זִמְרָה

Meaning:
from זָמַר; pruned (i.e. choice) fruit; best fruit.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: best fruit.

Hebrew H2459 cheleb

Original: חֶלֶב

Meaning:
or חֵלֶב; from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part; [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.

Hebrew H2896 ṭôwb

Original: טוֹב

Meaning:
from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).

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Hebrew H3190 yâṭab

Original: יָטַב

Meaning:
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, [phrase] be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ([phrase] well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, [idiom] very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).

Hebrew H4315 mêyṭâb

Original: מֵיטָב

Meaning:
from יָטַב; the best part; best.

Hebrew H5869 ʻayin

Original: עַיִן

Meaning:
probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).

Hebrew H6338 pâzaz

Original: פָּזַז

Meaning:
a primitive root; to refine (gold); best (gold).

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^{Genesis 43:11} And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: Open

^{Genesis 47:6} The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. Open

^{Genesis 47:11} And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. Open

^{Exodus 22:5} If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. Open

^{Numbers 18:12} All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. Open

^{Numbers 18:29} Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. Open

^{Numbers 18:30} Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. Open

^{Numbers 18:32} And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. Open

^{Numbers 36:6} This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. Open

^{Deuteronomy 23:16} He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. Open

^{1 Samuel 8:14} And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. Open

^{1 Samuel 15:9} But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. Open

^{1 Samuel 15:15} And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. Open

^{2 Samuel 18:4} 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. Open

^{1 Kings 10:18} Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. Open

^{2 Kings 10:3} Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. Open

^{Esther 2:9} 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. Open

^{Psalm 39:5} Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Open

^{Song of Solomon 7:9} And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. Open

^{Ezekiel 31:16} I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. Open

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^{Micah 7:4} The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. Open

^{Luke 15:22} But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: Open

^{1 Corinthians 12:31} But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. Open

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