Strong H3302יָפָה
be beautiful
- Transliteration
- yâphâh
- Pronunciation
- yaw-faw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to be {bright} that {is} (by implication) beautiful: - be {beautiful} be (make self) fair ({-r}) deck.
Detailed definition
1) to be bright, be beautiful, be handsome, be fair
1a) (Qal) to be beautiful
1b) (Piel) to beautify
1c) (Pual) to be beautiful
1d) (Hithpael) to beautify oneself
1a) (Qal) to be beautiful
1b) (Piel) to beautify
1c) (Pual) to be beautiful
1d) (Hithpael) to beautify oneself
In the Bible
Strong H3302 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- beautiful2
- fair2
- be1
- deck1
- fairer1
- make1
First verses
- Psalms 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
- Song of Songs 4:10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
- Song of Songs 7:1How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
- Song of Songs 7:6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
- Jeremiah 4:30And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
- Jeremiah 10:4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
- Ezekiel 16:13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
- Ezekiel 31:7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.