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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 Box Gen 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted H2654 with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - “If the LORD is pleased H2654 with 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 are not pleased H2654 with her, then you shall let her go [fn]wherever she wishes; but you shall certainly not sell her for money, you shall not [fn]mistreat her, because you have humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if the man does not desire H2654 to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to 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 elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says, ‘I do not desire H2654 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 had desired H2654 to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - “Remain this night, and when morning comes, if he will [fn]redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish H2654 to [fn]redeem you, then I will redeem you, as the LORD lives. Lie down until morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - “If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the LORD desired H2654 to put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David secretly, saying, ‘Behold, the king delights H2654 in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan told David saying, “Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay 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 should say thus, ‘I have H2654 no delight H2654 in you,’ behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good [fn]to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - Now there stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, “Whoever favors H2654 Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:20 - “He also brought me forth into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted H2654 in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see; but why does my lord the king delight H2654 in this thing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:1 - Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all [fn]that Solomon desired H2654 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 H2654 in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore He made 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 H2654 in you, setting you on His throne as king for the LORD your God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she would go in and in the morning she would return to the second harem, to the [fn]custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not again go in to the king unless the king delighted H2654 in her and she was summoned by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king desires H2654 to honor?” And Haman said [fn]to himself, “Whom would the king desire H2654 to honor more than me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - Then Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires H2654 to honor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - and let the robe and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble princes and let them array the man whom the king desires H2654 to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires H2654 to honor.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires H2654 to honor.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - “If one wished H2654 to dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - “But I would speak to [fn]the Almighty,
And I desire H2654 to argue with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - “They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire H2654 the knowledge of Your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:32 - “Then if [fn]you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire H2654 to justify you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - “He bends H2654 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 broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted H2654 in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:8 - “[fn]Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights H2654 in him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:23 - The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
And He delights H2654 in his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - [fn]Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; H2654
My ears You have [fn]opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I delight H2654 to do Your will, O my God;
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 are pleased H2654 with me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, You desire H2654 truth in the [fn]innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 - For You do not delight H2654 in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19 - Then You will delight H2654 in [fn]righteous sacrifices,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then [fn]young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the beasts [fn]in the reeds,
The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight H2654 in war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:25 - Whom have I in heaven but You?
And [fn]besides You, I desire H2654 nothing on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 - He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight H2654 in blessing, so it was far from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - [fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!
How blessed is the man who [fn]fears the LORD,
Who greatly delights H2654 in His commandments.

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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. H2654

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight H2654 in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatever the LORD pleases, H2654 He does,
In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 - He does not delight H2654 in the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 - A fool does not delight H2654 in understanding,
But only in revealing his own [fn]mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 - The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD;
He turns it wherever He wishes. H2654

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - “Do not be in a hurry [fn]to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases.” H2654

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - “[fn]I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you do not arouse or awaken my love
Until [fn]she pleases.” H2654

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - “[fn]I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until [fn]she pleases.” H2654

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - “[fn]I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,
[fn]Do not arouse or awaken my love
Until [fn]she pleases.” H2654

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