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The meaning of יָפֶה

Understanding yâpheh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

[phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well. - beautiful (literally or figurati...

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יָפֶה

Phoneticyaw-feh'
Transliterationyâpheh
Grammar Code
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

[phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well. - beautiful (literally or figuratively) 1) fair, beautiful, handsome

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

37 total references
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Genesis 39:6

And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

Word: יָפֶה (yâpheh)
2 Samuel 14:25

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Word: יָפֶה (yâpheh)
Esther 2:7

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

Word: יָפֶה (yâpheh)
Psalms 48:2

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Word: יָפֶה (yâpheh)
Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Word: יָפֶה (yâpheh)

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