Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8232: שְׁפַר

shᵉphar · pronounced shef-ar' · “to acceptable”

Definition

to be beautiful

KJV translates it as: be acceptable, please, [phrase] think good.

Word origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to H8231 (שָׁפַר);

Extended definition

1) to be fair, be seemly, seem good, seem pleasing
1a) (P'al) to seem good, be acceptable

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8232 is translated

  • it seemed good ×2
  • let it be acceptable ×1

Bible verses with H8232 (shᵉphar)

Shᵉphar appears in 3 verses.

  • Daniel 4:2

    I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.

  • Daniel 4:27

    Wherefore, 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 6:1

    It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;