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Lexicon :: Strong's H2654 - ḥāp̄ēṣ

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חָפֵץ
Transliteration
ḥāp̄ēṣ
Pronunciation
khaw-fates'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 712,713

Strong’s Definitions

חָפֵץ châphêts, khaw-fates'; a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire:—× any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x

The KJV translates Strong's H2654 in the following manner: delight (39x), please (14x), desire (9x), will (3x), pleasure (3x), favour (2x), like (2x), moveth (1x), would (1x), at all (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x
The KJV translates Strong's H2654 in the following manner: delight (39x), please (14x), desire (9x), will (3x), pleasure (3x), favour (2x), like (2x), moveth (1x), would (1x), at all (1x).

  1. to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with

    1. (Qal)

      1. of men

        1. to take pleasure in, delight in

        2. to delight, desire, be pleased to do

      2. of God

        1. to delight in, have pleasure in

        2. to be pleased to do

  2. to move, bend down

    1. (Qal) to bend down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָפֵץ châphêts, khaw-fates'; a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire:—× any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
STRONGS H2654: Abbreviations
† חָפֵץ verb delight in (compare Arabic حَغِظَ be mindful of, attentive to, keep, protect, Aramaic Jpo whence jycpo eager, zealous, Arabic حَغِيظَةً anger (excitement), احْغَظَ enrage (Aramaic and Arabic of excited attention, Hebrew of delighted attention), DlPr 168 NöZMG 1886, 742; Late Hebrew חֵפֶץ weakened to thing, see DeEc. Glossary, Phoenician in proper name חפצבעל); —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Genesis 34:19 + 28 times; feminine הָפֵ֑צָה Isaiah 66:3?; 2nd person masculine חָפַצְתָּ Deuteronomy 21:14 + 4 times; חָפָ֫צְנוּ Job 21:14, etc., + 14 times Perfect; Imperfect יַחְפֹּץ Deuteronomy 25:7 + 7 times; יֶחְפָּ֑ץ Psalm 37:23; Psalm 147:10; plural יַחְפְּצוּ Isaiah 13:17; Jeremiah 6:10; יֶחְפָּ֑צוּ Psalm 68:31; יֶחְפָּצוּ֑ן Isaiah 58:2 (twice in verse) etc. + 9 times Imperfect; Infinitive absolute חָפֹץ Ezekiel 18:23; on Participle חָפֵץ＝adjective verb., see below; —
1. of men:
a. take pleasure in, delight in, with בְּ, a woman Genesis 34:19 (J), Deuteronomy 21:14; Esther 2:14; a man 1 Samuel 18:22; 1 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 20:11; in matters and things 2 Samuel 24:3; Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 6:10; Psalm 109:17; Psalm 112:1; Psalm 119:35; Proverbs 18:2; Esther 6:6, 7, 9 (twice in verse); Esther 6:11; with accusative Psalm 68:31; Isaiah 58:2; Ecclesiastes 8:3; implicit object Psalm 73:25.
b. delight, desire, be pleased to do a thing, would do it Deuteronomy 25:7, 8; 1 Kings 9:1; Esther 6:6; Ruth 3:13; Psalm 40:9; Job 9:3; Job 13:3; Job 21:14; Job 33:32; Isaiah 58:2; Jeremiah 42:22.
c. absolute שֶׁתֶּחְפָּ֑ץ עַד until it please (of love) Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5; Songs 8:4.
2. of God:
a. delight in, have pleasure in, with בְּ, persons Numbers 14:8 (J), 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Samuel 22:20＝Psalm 18:20, 1 Kings 10:9 2 Chronicles 9:8; Psalm 22:9; Psalm 41:12; Isaiah 62:4; not in the strength of a horse Psalm 147:10; in doing evil Malachi 2:17; in the death of the sinner Ezekiel 18:32; Ezekiel 33:11; but in mercy, justice, and righteousness Jeremiah 9:23; בחר באשׁר (לא) חפצתי Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; not with (accusative) the blood of bullocks Isaiah 1:11; זבח(ים); Psalm 40:7; Psalm 51:18, Psalm 51:21, or the death of the sinner Ezekiel 18:23 (twice in verse); but with חסד Hosea 6:6; Micah 7:18, אמת Psalm 51:8; with the way of a man Psalm 37:23; כל אשׁר חפץ Psalm 115:3; Psalm 135:6; Proverbs 21:1; אשׁר חפץ Isaiah 55:11; Jonah 1:14.
b. pleased to do a thing with infinitive Judges 13:23; 1 Samuel 2:25; Isaiah 53:10.
c. with imperfect subject (Ges§ 142 (3) c) חָפֵץ יגדיל תּורה י׳ Yahweh was pleased to magnify teaching Isaiah 42:21. — On Job 40:17 see חָפַץ.

† [חָפַץ] verb bend down (Arabic خَغَضَ lower, depress, as wings Qor 15:88) — only
Qal Imperfect כְמוֺאֶֿרֶז זְנָבוֺ יַחְפֹּץ Job 40:17; he bendeth down (extendeth down stiffly) his tail like a cedar, see Wetzst in DeJob 526 HiHiob 299.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:19; 34:19

Numbers

14:8

Deuteronomy

21:14; 21:14; 25:7; 25:7; 25:8

Judges

13:23

Ruth

3:13

1 Samuel

2:25; 18:22; 19:1

2 Samuel

15:26; 20:11; 22:20; 24:3

1 Kings

9:1; 10:9

2 Chronicles

9:8

Esther

2:14; 6:6; 6:6; 6:7; 6:9; 6:11

Job

9:3; 13:3; 21:14; 21:14; 33:32; 40:17; 40:17

Psalms

18:20; 22:9; 37:23; 37:23; 40:7; 40:9; 41:12; 51:8; 51:18; 68:31; 68:31; 73:25; 109:17; 112:1; 115:3; 119:35; 135:6; 147:10; 147:10

Proverbs

18:2; 21:1

Ecclesiastes

8:3

Song of Songs

2:7; 3:5; 8:4

Isaiah

1:11; 13:17; 13:17; 42:21; 53:10; 55:11; 56:4; 58:2; 58:2; 58:2; 62:4; 65:12; 66:3; 66:3; 66:4

Jeremiah

6:10; 6:10; 9:23; 42:22

Ezekiel

18:23; 18:23; 18:32; 33:11

Hosea

6:6

Jonah

1:14

Micah

7:18

Malachi

2:17

H2654

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Strong's Number H2654 matches the Hebrew חָפֵץ (ḥāp̄ēṣ),
which occurs 75 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 34:19–Sng 8:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Ya`akov's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:14 - It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the Zakenim, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Yisra'el; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - Then the Zakenim of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand, and say, I don't want to take her;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD was minded to kill them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Sha'ul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - Yonatan told David, saying, Sha'ul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26 - but if he say thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - There stood by him one of Yo'av's young men, and said, He who favors Yo'av, and he who is for David, let him follow Yo'av.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:20 - He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - Yo'av said to the king, Now the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:1 - It happened, when Shlomo had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Shlomo's desire which he was pleased to do,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Yisra'el: because the LORD loved Yisra'el forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for the LORD your God: because your God loved Yisra'el, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Sha`ashgaz, the king's chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in to the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman came in. The king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - and let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delights to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - Then took Haman the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordekhai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - "Surely I would speak to Shaddai. I desire to reason with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - They tell God, 'Depart from us, For we don't want to know about your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:32 - If you have anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:19 - He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:8 - "He trusts in the LORD; Let him deliver him; Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:23 - A man's goings are established by the LORD. He delights in his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears: Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11 - By this I know that you delight in me, Because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 - For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19 - Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:25 - Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on eretz who I desire besides you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 - Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in his mitzvot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:3 - But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Direct me in the path of your mitzvot, For I delight in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatever the LORD pleased, that he has done, In heaven and in eretz, in the seas and in all deeps;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 - He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 - A fool has no delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own opinion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 - The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - I adjure you, daughters of Yerushalayim, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I adjure you, daughters of Yerushalayim, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - I adjure you, daughters of Yerushalayim, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires. Friends

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