Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to shine
Usage: 1) to shine, shine forth or out, cause to shine, send out beams 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to shine out, shine forth, send out beams 1a2) to cause to shine
Yapha means “be light” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3313 — meros (“behalf”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3313 יָפַע (yapha`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yapha` (yaw-fah') v. 1. to shine [a primitive root] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include shine, forth, light, and shew. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
yapha` (yaw-fah') v. 1. to shine [a primitive root] KJV: be light, shew self, (cause to) shine (forth).
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to shine
Usage: 1) to shine, shine forth or out, cause to shine, send out beams 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to shine out, shine forth, send out beams 1a2) to cause to shine
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yapha`, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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8 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3313.
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3313, grouped by book.
Yapha (Strong's H3313) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be light". yapha` (yaw-fah') v. 1. to shine [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's H3313 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3313 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shine, forth, light, and shew. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.