Lexicon :: Strong's H3303 - yāp̄ê

Now Joseph was handsome and attractive in form and appearance.

It happened afterwards that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] the son of David was in love with her.

Now in all Israel there was no man as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised [for that]; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,

Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,

The city of the great King.

As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout,

So is a beautiful woman who is without discretion [her lack of character mocks her beauty].

Behold, here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in all the labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God gives him—for this is his [allotted] reward.

(The Bridegroom)

“If you do not know [where your lover is],

O you fairest among women,

Run along, follow the tracks of the flock,

And pasture your young goats

By the tents of the shepherds.

(The Bridegroom)

“Behold, how beautiful you are, my darling,

Behold, how beautiful you are!

Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”

“My beloved speaks and says to me,

‘Arise, my love, my fair one,

And come away.

‘The fig tree has budded and ripens her figs,

And the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance.

Arise, my love, my fair one,

And come away [to climb the rocky steps of the hillside].’”

(The Bridegroom)

“How fair and beautiful you are, my darling,

How very beautiful!

Your eyes behind your veil are like those of a dove;

Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats

That have descended from Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan].

“O my love, you are altogether beautiful and fair.

There is no flaw nor blemish in you!

(The Chorus)

“What is your beloved more than another beloved,

O most beautiful among women?

What is your beloved more than another beloved,

That you should so command us to take an oath?”

(The Chorus)

“Where has your beloved gone,

O most beautiful among women?

Where is your beloved hiding himself,

That we may seek him with you?”

(The Bridegroom)

“You are as beautiful as [fn]Tirzah, my darling,

As lovely as Jerusalem,

As majestic as an army with banners!

‘Who is this that looks down like the dawn,

Fair and beautiful as the full moon,

Clear and pure as the sun,

As majestic as an army with banners?’

“How beautiful are your feet in sandals,

O prince’s daughter!

The curves of your hips are like jewels,

The work of the hands of an artist.

The LORD [acknowledged you once as worthy and] called your name,

“A green olive tree, fair and beautiful in fruit and form”;

But with the roar of a great tempest

He has set fire to it,

And its branches are worthless.

‘Behold (listen carefully), Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon

With beautiful branches and with forest shade,

And of high stature,

With its top among the clouds.

‘I made it beautiful with the great mass of its branches,

So that all the trees of [fn]Eden which were in the garden of God were jealous of it (Assyria).

“In that day the beautiful virgins

And [even the vigorous] young men shall faint from thirst.