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Lexicon :: Strong's H2532 - ḥemdâ

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חֶמְדָּה
Transliteration
ḥemdâ
Pronunciation
khem-daw'
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Part of Speech
adjective, feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 673b

Strong’s Definitions

חֶמְדָּה chemdâh, khem-daw'; feminine of H2531; delight:—desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H2532 in the following manner: pleasant (12x), desire (4x), beloved (3x), goodly (2x), precious (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H2532 in the following manner: pleasant (12x), desire (4x), beloved (3x), goodly (2x), precious (4x).
feminine noun

  1. desire, that which is desirable

    adjective

  2. pleasant, precious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶמְדָּה chemdâh, khem-daw'; feminine of H2531; delight:—desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.
STRONGS H2532: Abbreviations
† חֶמְדָּה noun feminine id. — ח׳ Hosea 13:15 + 8 times; construct חֶמְדַּת 1 Samuel 9:20 + 3 times; suffix חֶמְדָּתִי Jeremiah 12:10; חֶמְדָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 26:12; חֶמְדָּתָם Daniel 11:8; — desire of Israel 1 Samuel 9:20 followed by לְ before object of desire; בְּלֹא ח׳ = without desire 2 Chronicles 21:20 (i.e. he lived as no one desired), see Öttli Greek Version of the LXX (not LXX of Lucian (Lag.)) Vulgate; concrete: ישׂראל כלחֿ׳ 1 Samuel 9:20 and for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate RV Dr; (>AV and on whom is all the desire of Israel?); compare כלהֿגוים ובאו ח׳ Haggai 2:7 (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after construct as חֶמֶד; especially כלי ח׳ Hosea 13:15; Nahum 2:10; Jeremiah 25:34; 2 Chronicles 32:27; 36:10; Daniel 11:8; שְׂכִיּוֺת ח׳ Isaiah 2:16, אֶרֶץ ח׳ Psalm 106:24; Jeremiah 3:19; Zechariah 7:14, compare חֶלְקַת ח׳ Jeremiah 12:10; בתי ח׳ Ezekiel 26:12; נשׁים ח׳ Daniel 11:37, apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

9:20; 9:20; 9:20

2 Chronicles

21:20; 32:27; 36:10

Psalms

106:24

Isaiah

2:16

Jeremiah

3:19; 12:10; 12:10; 25:34

Ezekiel

26:12; 26:12

Daniel

11:8; 11:8; 11:37

Hosea

13:15; 13:15

Nahum

2:10

Haggai

2:7

Zechariah

7:14

H2532

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2532 matches the Hebrew חֶמְדָּה (ḥemdâ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - And Rebecca having taken the fine raiment of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - And concerning thine asses that have been lost now these three days, care not for them, for they are found. And to whom does the excellency of Israel belong? does it not to thee and to thy father's house?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed without honour, and was buried in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - And Ezekias had wealth and very great glory: and he made for himself treasuries of gold, and silver, and precious stones, also for spices, and stores for arms, and for precious vessels;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - And at the turn of the year, king Nabuchodonosor sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Sedekias his father's brother king over Juda and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and twenty golden bowls, weighing about a thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 - (LXX 105:24) Moreover they set at nought the desirable land, and believed not his word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16 - and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 - And I said, So be it, Lord, for thou saidst, I will set thee among children, and will give thee a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles: and I said, Ye shall call me Father; and ye shall not turn away from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - (LXX 32:34) Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and lament, ye rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and ye shall fall as the choice rams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - And he shall prey upon thy power, and plunder thy substance, and shall cast down thy walls, and break down thy pleasant houses: and he shall cast thy stones and thy timber and thy dust into the midst of thy sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8 - Yea, he shall carry with a body of captives into Egypt their gods with their molten images, and all their precious vessels of silver and gold; and he shall last longer than the king of the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37 - And he shall not regard any gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, neither shall he regard any deity: for he shall magnify himself above all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Forasmuch as he will cause a division among his brethren, the Lord shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his veins and quite drain his fountains: he shall dry up his land, and spoil all his precious vessels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - (LXX 2:10) They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded with it upon all their pleasant vessels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7 - and I will shake all nations, and the choice [fn]portions of all the nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yea they have made the choice land a desolation.
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