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Be beautiful

יָפָהStrong’s H3302

yaphah (ya-phah)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yaphah is the Hebrew word usually translated “are beautiful”, “are handsome” and “beautify yourself”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.”
Psalms 45:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. To be bright, be beautiful, be handsome, be fair(Qal) to be beautiful · (Piel) to beautify · (Pual) to be beautiful · (Hithpael) to beautify oneself
How it's translated
  • they are beautiful 2
  • you are handsome 1
  • you are beautiful 1
  • you beautify yourself 1
  • he beautifies it 1
  • and you were beautiful 1
  • and it was beautiful 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Song of Solomon 3
  • Jeremiah 2
  • Ezekiel 2
  • Psalms 1

4 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יָפָה yaphah · be beautiful

1) to be bright, be beautiful, be handsome, be fair 1a) (Qal) to be beautiful 1b) (Piel) to beautify 1c) (Pual) to be beautiful 1d) (Hithpael) to beautify oneself

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.