יָפֶה yapheh

Hebrew word for “beautiful” · Strong’s H3303 · used 42 times in 38 verses

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Meaning

fair, beautiful, handsome

How it is translated

Glosses given for yapheh in context, with how often each is used:

• beautiful 29
• beautiful one 5
• handsome 4
• good looking 3
• one beautiful 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 41 (3), Song of Solomon 1 (3), Song of Solomon 6 (3), Genesis 12 (2), 2 Samuel 14 (2), 1 Kings 1 (2), Song of Solomon 2 (2), Song of Solomon 4 (2), Ezekiel 31 (2), Genesis 29 (1)

Forms

• יפה 24
• יפת 6
• ויפת 3
• היפה 3
• יפות 2
• יפתי 2
• ויפה 1
• היפות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yapheh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תֹּאַר toar “appearance” 7
• רַעְיָה rayah “darling” 6
• מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 8
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 10
• דּוֹד dod “beloved” 5
• בָּרִיא bari “fat” 3
• פָּרָה parah “heifer” 3
• נַעֲרָה naarah “maiden” 3
• אָחוּ achu “meadow” 2
• אַדְמוֹנִי admoni “red” 2
• אָיֹם ayom “terrible” 2
• ךְ kh “you” 4

Key verses

The verses using yapheh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 16:12 — And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this…
• 2 Samuel 13:1 — And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
• 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.
• Ecclesiastes 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the…
• 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…
• Song of Solomon 1:8 — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
• Song of Solomon 1:15 — Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
• Song of Solomon 4:1 — Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
• Song of Solomon 6:4 — Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
• Song of Solomon 6:10 — Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
• Ezekiel 31:3 — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
• Ezekiel 31:9 — I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.