Quick Definition
to polish
Strong's Definition
to glisten, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) fair
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] goodly.
TWOT Reference: 2449
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be pleasing, be beautiful, be fair, be comely, be bright, glisten
1a) (Qal) to be beautiful
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁפַר (sha.phar) — 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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֶׁפֶר · שִׁפְרָה
Good | verb qal | ≈ נָעִים
to be beautiful, to be pleasing = state in which the outward appearance of humans, animals, or objects is pleasing to the eye
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁפַר] vb. be beautiful, fair, comely;—Qal ψ 16:6 ref