King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8231
Transliteration: shaphar
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-far')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: sufficiency, plenty
Meaning: to glisten, be, fair
Word Summary
shaphar: sufficiency, plenty
Original Word: שָׁפַרTransliteration: shaphar
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-far')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: sufficiency, plenty
Meaning: to glisten, be, fair
Strong's Concordance
goodly A primitive root; to glisten, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) fair -- X goodly.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8231. shaphar
[שָׁפַר] verb be beautiful, fair, comely (Arabic remove veil (of women), shine; Aramaic שְׁפַר be pleasing (see Daniel 6:2), be beautiful, bright, pleasing, beautiful); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular עָלָ֑י שָֽׁפְרָה (Aramaic) Psalm 16:6 (the) heritage is beautiful for (pleasing to) me (see עַל II. 8).