יָפֶהyâpheh
fair, beautiful (2 Samuel 14:25; Genesis 39:6; Genesis 12:14; Genesis 2:11; Song of Solomon 2:10)
Pronunciation: yaw-feh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3303
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 42 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 12:11 As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman.
- Genesis 12:14 And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai’s beauty.
- Genesis 29:17 There was no sparkle in Leah’s eyes, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face.
- Genesis 39:6 So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man,
- Genesis 41:2 In his dream he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.
- Genesis 41:4 Then the scrawny, thin cows ate the seven healthy, fat cows! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up.
See every passage
- Genesis 12:11, 12:14, 29:17, 39:6, 41:2, 41:4, 41:18
- Deuteronomy 21:11
- 1 Samuel 16:12, 17:42, 25:3
- 2 Samuel 13:1, 14:25, 14:27
- 1 Kings 1:3, 1:4
- Esther 2:7
- Job 42:15
- Psalms 48:2
- Proverbs 11:22
- Ecclesiastes 3:11, 5:18
- Song of Solomon 1:8, 1:15, 1:16, 2:10, 2:13, 4:1, 4:7, 5:9, 6:1, 6:4, 6:10
- Jeremiah 11:16
- Ezekiel 31:3, 31:9, 33:32
- Amos 8:13
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).