Words the Bible translates as beautiful
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kalosκαλόςfine, good, and admirable: measuring up to what its kind should be, in a way that is often meant to be seen and honored
- marehמַרְאֶהwhat something looks like: the way a person or thing presents itself to the eye, and by extension a sight seen or a vision
- yaphehיָפֶהbeautiful: pleasing to look at or to take in through the senses
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- fitting: right, suitable, or good for its moment
- hōraiosὡραῖοςBeautifulnot studied yet
- na'ehנָאוֶהpleasing because it suits: lovely to look at, or right and becoming for the person or the occasion
- asteiosἀστεῖοςbeautifulnot studied yet
- yaphahיָפָהto be beautiful, or to make beautiful: to have a loveliness that draws the eye, or to put that loveliness on something else
- na'emנָעֵםto be delightful: to be lovely, sweet, or agreeable, giving real pleasure to the person who experiences it
- na'ahנָאָהto be lovely: to look right and pleasing, so that a thing is both beautiful and well suited to where it stands
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Every English meaning beginning with B is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.