Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8232 - שְׁפַר shephar (to be fair or seemly)

Original Word:	שְׁפַר
Transliteration:	shephar
Definition:	to be fair or seemly
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(shef-ar')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

be acceptable, please, think good

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

see HEBREW shaphar

Englishman's Concordance

1) to be fair, be seemly, seem good, seem pleasing
1a) (Peal) to seem good, be acceptable
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: corresponding to H8231
Same Word by TWOT Number: 3046

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שְׁפַרverbbe fair, seemly (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew (rare and mostly late); Palmyrene שפר לmerit well of, SAC¹¹⁷; Cappad. Aramaic שפירא Lzb^{Eph. 160}); —

Pe`alPerfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ, with קֳדָם person it seemed good toDaniel 3:32; Daniel 6:2; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁמַּר עַלDaniel 4:24let my counsel be acceptable to thee.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8232. שְׁפַר (shephar) — 3 Occurrences

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

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