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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 Box 1Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - But Samuel replied: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’ ” Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - “If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - So Hiram sent word to Solomon: “I have received the message you sent me and will do all you want in providing the cedar and juniper logs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold he wanted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21 - For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 - What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - “If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:30 - They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:2 - Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:13 - She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said to myself, “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Let its foundations be laid.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - “Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out his purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Babylonians.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes[fn] his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12 - I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’ “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - Is this man Jehoiachin a despised, broken pot, an object no one wants? Why will he and his children be hurled out, cast into a land they do not know?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD Almighty, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:12 - “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the LORD Almighty.
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