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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.
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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 - So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - “If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:14 - “And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, 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 want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - “Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to take her,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, “If the LORD had desired 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 told us such things as these at this time.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - “Stay this night, and in the morning it shall be that if he will perform the duty of a close relative for you—good; let him do it. But if he does not want to perform the duty for you, then I will perform the duty for you, as the LORD lives! Lie down until morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - “If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?” Nevertheless they did not heed the voice of their father, because the LORD desired to kill them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - And Saul commanded his servants, “Communicate with David secretly, and say, ‘Look, the king has delight 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, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26 - “But if He says thus: ‘I have no delight in you,’ here I am, 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 - Meanwhile one of Joab’s men stood near Amasa, and said, “Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David—follow Joab!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:20 - He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - And Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:1 - And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he wanted 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, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - And Haman answered 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 - “Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’ ”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If one wished to contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of 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 tightly knit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:19 - He also brought me out into a broad 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 trusted[fn] in the LORD, let Him rescue Him;
Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And 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 well pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not 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,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 - For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19 - Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,
The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Till everyone submits himself with pieces of silver.
Scatter the peoples who delight 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 there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 - As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be 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 commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:3 - But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.

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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 in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 - He does not 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 in expressing his own heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - “Do not be hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand for 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 charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

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