yafe · beautiful

What it means

yafe (יָפֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “beautiful”.

Handsome, of fine appearance.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Of good looks and figure, pleasing to see.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• beautiful ×40
• handsome ×2
• well-built ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×9
• Deuteronomy×1
• 1 Samuel×3
• 2 Samuel×3
• 1 Kings×2
• Esther×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×1
• Ecclesiastes×2
• Song of Songs×14
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×3
• Amos×1

• Genesis 12:11

  When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Look, I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance.

• Genesis 12:14

  When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.

• Genesis 29:17

  Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.

• Genesis 39:6

  He left all that he had in the hand of Joseph, and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the bread that he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.

• Genesis 41:2

  And look, from the Nile there came up seven cows, beautiful in appearance and fat in flesh, and they grazed in the reed grass.

• Genesis 41:4

  The cows ugly in appearance and thin in flesh ate up the seven cows beautiful in appearance and fat. Then Pharaoh woke up.

• Genesis 41:18

  and look, from the Nile there came up seven cows, fat in flesh and beautiful in form, and they grazed in the reed grass.

• Deuteronomy 21:11

  and you see among the captives a woman beautiful in form, and you become attached to her and would take her for yourself as a wife,

• 1 Samuel 16:12

  He sent and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and good in appearance. And YHWH said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”

• 1 Samuel 17:42

  The Philistine looked and saw David, and he despised him, for he was a young man, and ruddy, with a beautiful appearance.

• 1 Samuel 25:3

  The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful in form, but the man was harsh and evil in his deeds; he was a Calebite.

• 2 Samuel 13:1

  After this Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon son of David loved her.

• 2 Samuel 14:25

  In all Israel there was no man as handsome as Absalom, to be praised so greatly; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

• 2 Samuel 14:27

  There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a woman beautiful in appearance.

• 1 Kings 1:3

  So they sought a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

• 1 Kings 1:4

  The young woman was very beautiful; and she became the king’s caretaker and ministered to him, but the king did not know her.

• Esther 2:7

  And he was bringing up Hadassah, that is, Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had no father or mother; and the young woman was of beautiful form and of good appearance; and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

• Job 42:15

  And there were not found women as beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the land; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

• Psalms 48:2

  Beautiful in its height, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, the far reaches of the north, the city of the great king.

• Proverbs 11:22

  A ring of gold in the snout of a pig, so is a beautiful woman who turns away from judgment.

• Ecclesiastes 3:11

  Everything he has made beautiful in its time; also eternity he has put in their heart, without the human being finding out the work that Elohim has done from the beginning to the end.

• Ecclesiastes 5:18

  Look, what I have seen to be good, what is beautiful: to eat and to drink and to see good in all his toil at which he toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life which Elohim has given him, for that is his portion.

• Song of Songs 1:8

  If you do not know for yourself, beautiful one among women, go out in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the dwellings of the shepherds.

• Song of Songs 1:15

  Look, you are beautiful, my companion; look, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.

• Song of Songs 1:16

  Look, you are beautiful, my beloved, also pleasant; also our bed is leafy.

• Song of Songs 2:10

  My beloved answered and said to me, “Arise, my companion, my beautiful one, and come away;

• Song of Songs 2:13

  The fig tree has ripened its early figs, and the vines in blossom give fragrance. Arise, my companion, my beautiful one, and come away.”

• Song of Songs 4:1

  Look, you are beautiful, my companion; look, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats that ripple down from Mount Gilead.

• Song of Songs 4:7

  You are all beautiful, my companion, and there is no defect in you.

• Song of Songs 5:9

  What is your beloved more than another beloved, beautiful one among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that thus you make us swear?

• Song of Songs 6:1

  Where has your beloved gone, beautiful one among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

• Song of Songs 6:4

  Beautiful are you, my companion, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, fearsome as troops with banners.

• Song of Songs 6:10

  Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the sun, fearsome as troops with banners?

• Song of Songs 7:1

  How beautiful are your steps in sandals, daughter of a noble! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a craftsman.

• Jeremiah 11:16

  A flourishing olive tree, beautiful in fruit and in form, YHWH called your name; with the noise of a great roar he has set fire to it, and its branches are broken.

• Ezekiel 31:3

  Look, Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, beautiful of branches, and a thicket giving shade, and tall of stature, and among the thick foliage was its top.

• Ezekiel 31:9

  Beautiful I made it in the abundance of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of Elohim.’

• Ezekiel 33:32

  And look, you are to them like a song of love, beautiful of voice and one who plays well; and they hear your words, but they do not do them.

• Amos 8:13

  On that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint from thirst.

And 4 more times.