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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew 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"
- a place in Judah; site unknown
Frequency Lists
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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
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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