Lexicon
שְׁפַר
she.phar
H8232
A:V Hebrew

to acceptable

3
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

she.phar describes a condition in which a king is not harmed or an action is judged acceptable.

The two occurrences show acceptability in a royal context: an imperfect form occurs in the decree addressed to the king, while a perfect form occurs where the king is to suffer no harm.

Senses in use

  1. Acceptability or freedom from harm · dominant

    In Daniel 4:24, the imperfect form occurs in the interpretation and decree that has come upon the king; the APB renders the verse as a decree addressed to "my lord the king," without isolating the term. In Daniel 6:2, the perfect form occurs in the arrangement for officials to receive accounts, and the APB renders the stated result as "the king might suffer no harm."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB does not provide a consistent one-to-one rendering. In Daniel 6:2 it presents the clause as "the king might suffer no harm," while in Daniel 4:24 the term's specific contribution is not isolated in the translation.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture