To polish
שָׁפַרStrong’s H8231shaphar (sha-phar)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shaphar is the Hebrew word usually translated “it is beautiful”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.”
Meaning
- To be pleasing, be beautiful, be fair, be comely, be bright, glisten(Qal) to be beautiful
How it's translated
- it is beautiful 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
שָׁפַר shaphar · to polish
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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “polish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PO'LISH, adjective
Pertaining to Poland, a level country on the south of Russia and the Baltic.
All definitions and other forms of “polish”
POL'ISH, verb transitive
[Latin polio.]
- To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; as, to polish glass, marble, metals and the like.
- To refine; to wear off rudeness, rusticity and coarseness; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
POL'ISH, verb intransitive
To become smooth; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
POL'ISH, noun
A smooth, glossy surface produced by friction.
- Refinement; elegance of manners.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.