יֳפִיyŏphîy
beauty (Isaiah 3:24; Ezekiel 28:7; Ezekiel 28:17; Psalms 45:12; Isaiah 33:17)
Pronunciation: yof-ee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3308
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Esther 1:11 to bring Queen Vashti to him with the royal crown on her head. He wanted the nobles and all the other men to gaze on her beauty, for she was a very beautiful woman.
- Psalms 45:11 For your royal husband delights in your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.
- Psalms 50:2 From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance.
- Proverbs 6:25 Don’t lust for her beauty. Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
- Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
- Isaiah 3:24 Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink. She will wear a rope for a sash, and her elegant hair will fall out. She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes. Shame will replace her beauty.
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).