Strong H8232שְׁפַר
to acceptable
- Transliteration
- shephar
- Pronunciation
- shef-ar'
- Morphology
- Aramaic Verb
Definition
(Chaldee); corresponding to H8231; to be beautiful: - be {acceptable} {please} + think good.
Detailed definition
1) to be fair, be seemly, seem good, seem pleasing
1a) (P'al) to seem good, be acceptable
1a) (P'al) to seem good, be acceptable
In the Bible
Strong H8232 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be1
- good1
- please1
First verses
- Daniel 4:2I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
- Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
- Daniel 6:1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;