To acceptable
שְׁפַרStrong’s H8232shephar (she-phar)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shephar is the Aramaic word usually translated “it seemed good” and “let it be acceptable”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.”
Meaning
- To be fair, be seemly, seem good, seem pleasing(P'al) to seem good, be acceptable
How it's translated
- it seemed good 2
- let it be acceptable 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:27In contextWherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
- Daniel 6:1In contextIt pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Aramaic dictionary
שְׁפַר shephar · to acceptable
1) to be fair, be seemly, seem good, seem pleasing 1a) (P'al) to seem good, be acceptable
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “acceptable” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ACCEPT'ABLE, adjective
- That may be received with pleasure; hence pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; as an acceptable present.
- Agreeable or pleasing in person; as, a man makes himself acceptable by his services or civilities.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.