שְׁפַר
shᵉphar · H8232 · Aramaic · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to be right
State in which humans consider a certain action or situation appropriate
ExamplesDaniel 4:2 “I am pleased to declare the signs and miracles that the Most High God has done for me.
Daniel 4:27 ‘Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
Daniel 6:1 It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, to be in charge of the whole kingdom,
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- מְלַךְadvice 1
- אָתsign 1
- תְּמַהּwonder 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ ךָּyou 1
- קֳדָםbefore+ דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDarius 1
- קֳדָםbefore+ נִיme 1
- לto/for+ חֲוָאshew 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- נָעֵם nâʻêm · H5276 · to be lovely, to be pleasant, to be sweet
- נָעֵם (nâʻêm, H5276) (pleasant, sweet, delight) and שְׁפַר (shᵉphar, H8232) (acceptable, please) both describe pleasing or favorable qualities, evaluative and affective verbs that could substitute in contexts of approval or satisfaction.
- יָטַב yâṭab · H3190 · to tend, to adorn, to improve
- יָטַב (yâṭab, H3190) ("be good, make better, be pleasing") and שְׁפַר (shᵉphar, H8232) ("be acceptable, please") share overlapping semantic territory in acceptability and pleasingness; both describe positive evaluation and acceptance.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Good002001001031
- Daniel 6:1 recounts that "It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, to be in charge of the whole kingdom."
- Right002001003013
- This Right code is inherited from the shared listing with שָׁפַר (shâphar, H8231) (שְׁפַר, 'goodly'); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested 'pleasing/acceptable' sense.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8232. shephar שְׁפַר verb be fair, seemly (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew (rare and…
שְׁפַר verb be fair, seemly (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew (rare and mostly late); Palmyrene ל שפר merit well of, SAC117; Cappad. Aramaic שפירא LzbEph. 160); —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ, with קֳדָם person it seemed good to Daniel 3:32; Dan 6:2; Imperfect3masculine singular עַל יִשְׁמַּר Dan 4:24 let my counsel be acceptable to thee.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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