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Lexicon :: Strong's H2656 - ḥēp̄eṣ

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חֵפֶץ
Transliteration
ḥēp̄eṣ
Pronunciation
khay'-fets
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 712b

Strong’s Definitions

חֵפֶץ chêphets, khay'-fets; from H2654; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind):—acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H2656 in the following manner: pleasure (16x), desire (12x), delight (3x), purpose (3x), acceptable (1x), delightsome (1x), matter (1x), pleasant (1x), willingly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H2656 in the following manner: pleasure (16x), desire (12x), delight (3x), purpose (3x), acceptable (1x), delightsome (1x), matter (1x), pleasant (1x), willingly (1x).

  1. delight, pleasure

    1. delight

    2. desire, longing

    3. the good pleasure

    4. that in which one takes delight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵפֶץ chêphets, khay'-fets; from H2654; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind):—acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
STRONGS H2656: Abbreviations
† חֵ֫פֶץ noun masculineProverbs 3:15 delight, pleasure; — ח׳ Isaiah 54:12 + 20 times; suffix חֶפְצְךָ Isaiah 58:13 etc. + 13 times suffixes; plural חֲפָצִים Proverbs 8:11; suffix חֲפָצֶיךָ Proverbs 3:15; חֲפָצֶ֖ךָ Isaiah 58:13 —
1. delight אבני ח׳ Isaiah 54:12 delightful stones; אֶרֶץ ח׳ Malachi 3:12 delightsome land; דִּבְּרֵי ח׳ Ecclesiastes 12:10; so perhaps also בִּגְדֵי ח׳ Ezekiel 27:20 garments of delight, i.e. of beauty and luxury (Gr; MT חֹפֶשׁ which see); with בְּ of persons Psalm 16:3; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Malachi 1:10; of things 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 18:25; Psalm 1:2; Job 21:21; Ecclesiastes 12:1; כְּלִי אֵין חֵפֶץ בּוֺ vessel wherein is no pleasure Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 48:38; Hosea 8:8; הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי Job 22:3 is it a pleasure to Shadday that ?
2. desire, longing דלים מנע מח׳ Job 31:16 withhold the poor from (their) desire; מְחוֺז חֶפְצָם the city of their desire Psalm 107:30; כל חפץ all (one's) desire 2 Samuel 23:5; 1 Kings 5:22 [1 Kings 5:8]; 1 Kings 5:23 [1 Kings 5:9]; 1 Kings 5:24 [1 Kings 5:10]; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Kings 10:13 2 Chronicles 9:12; כל חפצים all things to be desired Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 8:11.
3. the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 48:14.
4. that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter (very late, compare in Mishna＝thing) בְּיָדוֺ יִצְלַח חֵפֶץ י׳ the good pleasure (cause, business) of Yahweh will prosper in his hands Isaiah 53:10; מצא ח׳ Isaiah 58:3, 13; עֲשׂוֺת חֲפָצֶךָ doing thy affairs Isaiah 58:13 (see De on the passage); בְּחֵפֶץ כַּמֶּיהָ in the business of her hands Proverbs 31:13; עֵתּ לְכָלחֵֿפֶץ time for every matter, affair Ecclesiastes 3:1, 17; Ecclesiastes 8:6; אַלֿ תִּתְּמַהּ עַלהַֿחֵפֶץ marvel not at the matter Ecclesiastes 5:7.
Note. — חפץ is not used in any of its forms in E D2 H P of the Hexateuch.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

15:22; 18:25

2 Samuel

23:5

1 Kings

5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 9:11; 10:13

2 Chronicles

9:12

Job

21:21; 22:3; 31:16

Psalms

1:2; 16:3; 107:30

Proverbs

3:15; 3:15; 3:15; 8:11; 8:11; 31:13

Ecclesiastes

3:1; 3:17; 5:3; 5:7; 8:6; 12:1; 12:10

Isaiah

44:28; 46:10; 48:14; 53:10; 54:12; 54:12; 58:3; 58:13; 58:13; 58:13; 58:13

Jeremiah

22:28; 48:38

Ezekiel

27:20

Hosea

8:8

Malachi

1:10; 3:12

H2656

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Strong's Number H2656 matches the Hebrew חֵפֶץ (ḥēp̄eṣ),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - But Samuel replied,
“What is more pleasing to the LORD:
your burnt offerings and sacrifices
or your obedience to his voice?
Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice,
and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - “Is it not my family God has chosen?
Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me.
His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail.
He will ensure my safety and success.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - Then he sent this reply to Solomon: “I have received your message, and I will supply all the cedar and cypress timber you need.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram supplied as much cedar and cypress timber as Solomon desired.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - he gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre. (Hiram had previously provided all the cedar and cypress timber and gold that Solomon had requested.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for, besides all the customary gifts he had so generously given. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for—gifts of greater value than the gifts she had given him. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21 - For they will not care what happens to their family
after they are dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 - Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous?
Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - “Have I refused to help the poor,
or crushed the hopes of widows?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - But they delight in the law of the LORD,
meditating on it day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - The godly people in the land
are my true heroes!
I take pleasure in them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:30 - What a blessing was that stillness
as he brought them safely into harbor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:2 - How amazing are the deeds of the LORD!
All who delight in him should ponder them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - Wisdom is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:13 - She finds wool and flax
and busily spins it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The Teacher sought to find just the right words to express truths clearly.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - When I say of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,’
he will certainly do as I say.
He will command, ‘Rebuild Jerusalem’;
he will say, ‘Restore the Temple.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - Only I can tell you the future
before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
for I do whatever I wish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - Have any of your idols ever told you this?
Come, all of you, and listen:
The LORD has chosen Cyrus as his ally.
He will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylon
and to destroy the Babylonian[fn] armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the LORD’s good plan will prosper in his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12 - I will make your towers of sparkling rubies,
your gates of shining gems,
and your walls of precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say.
‘Why aren’t you impressed?
We have been very hard on ourselves,
and you don’t even notice it!’
“I will tell you why!” I respond.
“It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves.
Even while you fast,
you keep oppressing your workers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - “Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the LORD’s holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - “Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar?
Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - The people of Israel have been swallowed up;
they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “How I wish one of you would shut the Temple doors so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “and I will not accept your offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:12 - “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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