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beautiful

Meaning of “beautiful”

Pleasing or excellent in appearance, situation, order, or effect.

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First occurrence: Genesis 29:17

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Genesis 29:17
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
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1611 witness · Genesis 29:17 · retained source text

Leah was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautiful and well fauoured.

Deuteronomy 21:11
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
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And seest among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, that thou wouldest haue her to thy wife:

1 Samuel 16:12
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 16:12 · retained source text

And he sent, and brought him in: now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautifull countenance, and goodly to looke to: And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

1611 marginal noteHebr. faire of eyes.

1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
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Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife, Abigail: and shee was a woman of good vnderstanding, and of a beautifull countenance: but the man was churlish and euill in his doings, and hee was of the house of Caleb.

2 Samuel 11:2
¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
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¶ And it came to passe in an euening tide, that Dauid arose from off his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the kings house: and from the roofe he saw a woman washing her selfe; and the woman was very beautifull to looke vpon.

Esther 2:7
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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1611 witness · Esther 2:7 · retained source text

And hee brought vp Hadassah (that is Esther) his vncles daughter, for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was faire and beautiful, whom Mordecai (when her father and mother were dead) tooke for his owne daughter.

1611 marginal noteHeb. nourished.

1611 marginal noteHeb. faire of fourme, and good of countenance.

Psalms 48:2
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
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Beautifull for situation, the ioy of the whole earth is moūt Sion, on the sides of the North, the citie of the great King.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also hee hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can finde out the worke that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Song of Solomon 6:4
¶ Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
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¶ Thou art beautifull, O my loue, as Tirzah, comely as Ierusalem, terrible as an armie with banners.

Song of Solomon 7:1
HOW beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
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¶ Howe beautifull are thy feete with shooes, O princes daughter! the ioynts of thy thighs are like iewels, the worke of the hands of a cunning workman.

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