Clearness
שִׁפְרָהStrong’s H8235shiphrah (shiph-rah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shiphrah is the Hebrew word usually translated “clearness”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.”
Meaning
- (Piel) fairness, clearness
How it's translated
- clearness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
שִׁפְרָה shiphrah · clearness
(Piel) fairness, clearness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “clearness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLEARNESS, noun
- Freedom from foul or extraneous matter; purity; as the clearness of water, or other liquor.
- Freedom from obstruction or incumbrance; as the clearness of the ground.
- Freedom from fogs or clouds; openness; as the clearness of the sky. Exodus 24:10
- Distinctness; perspicuity; luminousness; as the clearness of reason, of views, of arguments, of explanations.
All definitions
- Plainness, or plain dealing; sincerity; honesty; fairness; candor.
- Freedom from imputation of ill.
- Freedom from spots, or any thing that disfigures; as the clearness of the skin.
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.