H3308 — יֳפִי (yŏphîy)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H3308
Original: יֳפִי
Transliteration: yŏphîy
Pronunciation: yof-ee
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: from the יפה word family, "to be fair/beautiful"
Occurrences: 19 unique verses (19 tokens) in OT across 7 books
First Occurrence: Est 1:11 — "to shew the people and the princes her beauty"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From the יפה word family; beauty: — beauty.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
thy beauty	4	21.1%
beauty	3	15.8%
her beauty	2	10.5%
in his beauty	2	10.5%
of beauty	2	10.5%
other beauty phrases	6	31.6%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Ezekiel	10	0.8
Esther	1	0.6
Lamentations	1	0.6
Zechariah	1	0.5
Proverbs	2	0.2
Isaiah	2	0.2
Psalms	2	0.1

Ezekiel accounts for over half the dataset. The word is not a generic high-frequency term; it concentrates in texts describing visible attractiveness, civic splendor, royal/urban presentation, or corrupted confidence in appearance.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Personal Physical Beauty¶

Est 1:11 — Vashti is displayed for "her beauty."
Prov 6:25 — warning not to lust after "her beauty."
Prov 31:30 — beauty is described as vain in contrast with fear of the LORD.

2. Royal or Noble Appearance¶

Ps 45:11 — the king desires beauty.
Isa 33:17 — eyes see "the king in his beauty."

3. City / Nation / Corporate Splendor¶

Lam 2:15 — Jerusalem is called "the perfection of beauty" by passersby.
Ezek 27:3-4 — Tyre says, and its builders complete, "perfect beauty."
Ezek 27:11 — military display completes Tyre's beauty.

4. Beauty as Entrusted Ornament or Endowment¶

Ezek 16:14 — beauty is "perfect through my comeliness."
Ezek 31:8 — trees in the garden do not match the beauty described.
Zech 9:17 — goodness and beauty are paired.

5. Beauty Misused or Lost¶

Ezek 16:15 — trust in beauty leads to misuse.
Ezek 16:25 — beauty is made abhorred.
Ezek 28:17 — the heart is lifted up because of beauty.

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
מֶלֶךְ (melek)	H4428	5x	royal/personified beauty settings
כָּלִיל (kalil)	H3632	4x	"perfect/complete beauty"
חָכְמָה (chokmah)	H2451	3x	wisdom and beauty paired or contrasted
עָבַר (abar)	H5674	3x	passersby / nations observing beauty
רָאָה (raah)	H7200	3x	seeing/displaying beauty
אֱלֹהִים (elohim)	H430	2x	beauty in divinely framed settings
בָּנָה (banah)	H1129	2x	builders completing beauty
יִפְעָה (yiphah)	H3314	2x	beauty and brightness/splendor in Ezek 28

Word Family / Cognates¶

H3302 יָפָה (yaphah) — to be fair/beautiful.
H3314 יִפְעָה (yiphah) — brightness/splendor, related beauty field in Ezekiel 28.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
נֹעַם (noam)	H5278	beauty	agreeableness/delight; H3308 is visible beauty
תִּפְאָרָה (tipharah)	H8597	beauty/glory	ornament, glory, splendor; broader honor-display field
מַרְאֶה (mareh)	H4758	beauty/appearance	sight, view, appearance; not beauty as quality alone
צְבִי (tsebi)	H6643	beauty/glory	splendor/desirability or gazelle homonym; broader than H3308

Semantic Domain¶

[002001001029] Good — broad evaluative domain; tool neighbors include H158, H571, H974, and H976.

LXX Mapping¶

No dominant LXX lexical bridge was returned. The highest tool-ranked co-occurrence was περιτίθημι (G4060, "place around") at 3 co-occurrences, followed by contextual words such as ἔθνος (G1484), λέγω (G3004), and βασιλεύς (G935). This indicates a dispersed rendering pattern rather than a stable Greek equivalent.