◄ 8232. shephar ►
Strong's Concordance
shephar: to be fair or seemly
Original Word: שְׁפַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shephar
Phonetic Spelling: (shef-ar')
Short Definition: good
Brown-Driver-Briggs
שְׁפַר verb be fair, seemly (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew (rare and mostly late); Palmyrene שפר ל merit well of, SAC117; Cappad. Aramaic שפירא LzbEph. 160); —

Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ, with קֳדָם person it seemed good to Daniel 3:32; Daniel 6:2; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁמַּר עַל Daniel 4:24 let my counsel be acceptable to thee.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
be acceptable, please, think good

(Aramaic) corresponding to shaphar; to be beautiful -- be acceptable, please, + think good.

see HEBREW shaphar

Forms and Transliterations
יִשְׁפַּ֣ר ישפר שְׁפַ֥ר שְׁפַר֙ שפר šə·p̄ar šəp̄ar sheFar yiš·par yishPar yišpar
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Englishman's Concordance
Strong's Hebrew 8232
3 Occurrences


šə·p̄ar — 2 Occ.
yiš·par — 1 Occ.

Daniel 4:2
HEB: (עִלָּאָ֑ה ק) שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃
NAS: It has seemed good to me to declare
KJV: I thought it good to shew
INT: God high has seemed thought to shew

Daniel 4:27
HEB: מַלְכָּ֗א מִלְכִּי֙ יִשְׁפַּ֣ר [עֲלַיִךְ כ]
NAS: may my advice be pleasing to you: break away
KJV: let my counsel be acceptable unto thee,
INT: king may my advice be pleasing and sin

Daniel 6:1
HEB: שְׁפַר֙ קֳדָ֣ם דָּרְיָ֔וֶשׁ
NAS: It seemed good to Darius to appoint
INT: be acceptable before Darius

3 Occurrences

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