H3314 — יִפְעָה (yiphʻâh)¶
Core Data¶
- Strong's: H3314
- Original: יִפְעָה
- Transliteration: yiphʻâh
- Pronunciation: yif-aw
- Part of Speech: Feminine noun
- Root: from the יפה / יפע brightness-beauty field
- Occurrences: 2 unique verses (2 tokens) in OT, both in Ezekiel
- First Occurrence: Eze 28:7 — "they shall defile thy brightness"
- Hapax Legomenon: No, but very rare; only two occurrences in the dataset
Lexicon Definition¶
From the brightness/beauty word family; splendor or figuratively beauty: — brightness.
Translation Distribution (KJV)¶
| Translation | Verses | % |
|---|---|---|
| thy brightness | 2 | 100.0% |
Distribution by Book¶
| Book | Count | Per 100 Verses |
|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.2 |
H3314 is an Ezekiel-only noun in this dataset. Its semantic evidence is therefore narrow and should be handled as a rare brightness/splendor term rather than a broad beauty word.
Semantic Categories¶
1. Splendor Subject to Defilement¶
- Ezek 28:7 — strangers draw swords against the beauty of wisdom and defile brightness.
2. Splendor as Reason / Context for Corruption¶
- Ezek 28:17 — wisdom is corrupted "by reason of thy brightness."
Common Collocations¶
| Word | Strong's | Co-occurrences | Typical Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| גָּבַהּ (gabahh) | H1361 | 1x | lifted-up heart in brightness/beauty context |
| חָלַל (chalal) | H2490 | 1x | defile brightness |
| חֶרֶב (chereb) | H2719 | 1x | sword drawn against splendor |
| לֵב (leb) | H3820 | 1x | heart lifted up |
| מֶלֶךְ (melek) | H4428 | 1x | royal/Tyre setting |
| פָּנִים (paniym) | H6440 | 1x | exposed before kings / faces |
| רָאָה (raah) | H7200 | 1x | seeing/displaying |
| שָׁחַת (shachath) | H7843 | 1x | corrupt/destroy in same verse |
Related Words¶
Word Family / Cognates¶
- H3308 יֳפִי (yophiy) — beauty; overlaps in Ezek 28:17.
- H3302 יָפָה (yaphah) — be fair/beautiful.
Easily Confused Words¶
| Word | Strong's | Shared Translation | Key Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| יֳפִי (yophiy) | H3308 | beauty/brightness field | broader noun for beauty across 19 verses; H3314 is rare brightness/splendor |
| תִּפְאָרָה (tipharah) | H8597 | beauty/glory | ornament/glory/splendor term with broader distribution |
| הָדָר (hadar) | H1926 | splendor/beauty | majesty or ornamented splendor; not limited to Ezekiel |
| צְבִי (tsebi) | H6643 | beauty/glory | desirable splendor / gazelle homonym; broader field |
Semantic Domain¶
- [002001002012] Great — broad greatness/splendor domain; tool neighbors include H117, H142, H145, and H155.
LXX Mapping¶
No stable LXX mapping was returned by gather_word_data.py for H3314, likely because the word has only two occurrences. Treat any Greek bridge with caution unless verified from a passage-level LXX alignment.
See Also¶
- H3308-yophiy.md — beauty
- H7843-shachath.md — corrupt/destroy, Ezek 28:17 collocate
Generated from: gather_word_data.py, search_relationships.py Last updated: 2026-05-07