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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 Box Gen 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which are with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom is all the desire of Israel?' is it not to thee and to all thy father's house?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - A son of thirty and two years was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he goeth without desire, and they bury him in the city of David, and not in the graves of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - And Hezekiah hath riches and honour very much, and treasures he hath made to himself of silver, and of gold, and of precious stone, and of spices, and of shields, and of all kinds of desirable vessels,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - and at the turn of the year hath king Nebuchadnezzar sent and bringeth him in to Babylon, with the desirable vessels of the house of Jehovah, and causeth Zedekiah his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and basins of gold twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable as gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 - And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16 - And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 - And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father -- ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness -- a desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, ye honourable of the flock, For full have been your days, For slaughtering, and for your scatterings, And ye have fallen as a desirable vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - And they have spoiled thy wealth, And they have plundered thy merchandise, And they have thrown down thy walls, And thy desirable houses they break down, And thy stones, and thy wood, and thy dust, In the midst of the waters they place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8 - and also their gods, with their princes, with their desirable vessels of silver and gold, into captivity he bringeth into Egypt; and he doth stand more years than the king of the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37 - And unto the God of his fathers he doth not attend, nor to the desire of women, yea, to any god he doth not attend, for against all he magnifieth himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he among brethren produceth fruit, Come in doth an east wind, a wind of Jehovah, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it drieth up his fountain, And become dry doth his spring, It -- it spoileth a treasure -- every desirable vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, To the abundance of all desirable vessels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7 - And I have shaken all the nations, And they have come to the desire of all the nations, And I have filled this house with honour, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!
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