Yâphâh — H3302

Definition

verb

properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful

1. to be bright, be beautiful, be handsome, be fair
1. (Qal) to be beautiful
2. (Piel) to beautify
3. (Pual) to be beautiful
4. (Hithpael) to beautify oneself

Usually translated as

fair, be beautiful, deck, be

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• kalós (G2570)
• hōraîos (G5611)

Occurrences

Yâphâh occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (1), Song of Songs (3), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (2)

• Psalms 45:2 — Thou art fairer (יָפְיָפִ֡יתָ) than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
• Song of Songs 4:10 — How fair (יָּפ֥וּ) 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 7:1 — How beautiful (יָּפ֧וּ) 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 7:6 — How fair (יָּפִית֙) and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
• Jeremiah 4:30 — And 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 (תִּתְיַפִּ֑י); thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
• Jeremiah 10:4 — They deck (יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ) it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
• Ezekiel 16:13 — Thus 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 (וַתִּ֙יפִי֙), and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
• Ezekiel 31:7 — Thus was he fair (וַיְּיִ֣ף) in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.