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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8208 - שָׁפִיר

Transliteration

Shâphîyr

Phonetics

shaf-eer'

Origin

from (H8231)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Saphir = "fair"
1. a place in Judah; site unknown

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Micah 1

BSB (1)

Micah 1

CSB (1)

Micah 1

ESV (1)

Micah 1

KJV (1)

Micah 1

LEB (1)

Micah 1

LSB (1)

Micah 1

N95 (1)

Micah 1

NAS (1)

Micah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Micah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שָׁפִיר proper name, of a location in Philistine plain, Micah 1:11 ( = שָׁמִיר Joshua 15:48 ?); ᵐ5 καλῶς (!).

אֶשְׁמָּר see under the word

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁפִיר (“beautiful”), [Shaphir], pr.n. of a town of Judæa, otherwise unknown, Micah 1:11.

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List of Word Forms

שָׁפִ֖יר שפיר šā·p̄îr šāp̄îr shaFir