Quick Definition
to polish
Strong's Definition
to glisten, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) fair
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] goodly.
TWOT Reference: 2449
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be pleasing, be beautiful, be fair, be comely, be bright, glisten
1a) (Qal) to be beautiful
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be pleasing, be beautiful, be fair, be comely, be bright, glisten
1a) (Qal) to be beautiful
Aramaic equivalent: she.phar (שְׁפַר "to acceptable" H8232)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁפַר
shâphar
BDB Definition:
1) to be pleasing, be beautiful, be fair, be comely, be bright, glisten
1a) (Qal) to be beautiful
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2449
Total KJV Occurrences: 1