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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box1Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - And Saul said, Thus shall ye speak to David, The king wants no gift but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to cast him into the hands of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - For my house is not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire is, that the wicked should not flourish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - (LXX 5:22) And he sent to Solomon, saying, I have listened concerning all that thou hast sent to me for: I will do all thy will: as for timber of cedar and fir,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - (LXX 5:23) my servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: I will form them into rafts, and bring them to the place which thou shalt send to me about; and I will [fn]land them there, and thou shalt take them up: and thou shalt do my will, in giving bread to my household.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - (LXX 5:24) So Chiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - Chiram king of Tyre helped Solomon with cedar [fn]wood, and fir [fn]wood, and with gold, and all that he wished for: then the king gave Chiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her [fn]by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she requested, besides all that she brought to king Solomon: and she returned to her own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21 - For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 - For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - But his [fn]pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - (LXX 15:3) On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:30 - (LXX 106:30) And they are glad, because they are quiet; and he guides them to their desired haven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:2 - (LXX 110:2) The works of the Lord are great, sought out [fn]according to all his will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:13 - Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - (LXX 5:3) Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - (LXX 5:7) If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for there is a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - For to every thing there is time and judgment; for the knowledge of a man is great to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake thee in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, even words of truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - Who bids Cyrus be wise, and he shall perform all my will: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, All my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - And all shall be gathered, and shall hear: who has told them these things? Out of love to thee I have fulfilled thy desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - The Lord also is pleased to purge him from his stroke. If ye can give an offering for sin, your soul shall see a long-lived seed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12 - and I will make thy buttresses jasper, and thy gates crystal, and thy border precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - saying, Why have we fasted, and thou regardest not? why have we afflicted our souls, and thou didst not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts ye find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power ye wound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, so as not to do thy [fn]pleasure on the holy days, and shalt call the sabbaths delightful, holy to God; if thou shalt not lift up thy foot to work, nor speak a word in anger out of thy mouth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - Jechonias is dishonoured as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - (LXX 31:38) And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets shall be mourning: for I have broken him, saith the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - Because even among you the doors shall be shut, and one will not kindle the fire of mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice at your hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:12 - And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a desirable land, saith the Lord Almighty.
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