Shappîyr — H8209

Definition

adjective

beautiful

1. fair, beautiful (of foliage)

Usually translated as

fair

Origin

(Aramaic) intensive of a form corresponding to H8208

• Shâphîyr (H8208)

Greek equivalents

• hōraîos (G5611)

Occurrences

Shappîyr occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (2)

• Daniel 4:12 — The leaves thereof were fair (שַׁפִּיר֙), and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
• Daniel 4:21 — Whose leaves were fair (שַׁפִּיר֙), and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: