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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 - And Samuel saith, 'Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - And Saul saith, 'Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines -- to be avenged on the enemies of the king;' and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - For -- not so is my house with God; For -- a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For -- all my salvation, and all desire, For -- He hath not caused it to spring up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - And Hiram sendeth unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me, I do all thy desire concerning cedar-wood, and fir-wood,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - my servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that thou sendest unto me, and I have spread them out there; and thou dost take them up, and thou dost execute my desire, to give the food of my house.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - Hiram king of Tyre hath assisted Solomon with cedar-trees, and with fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire; then doth king Solomon give to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which he gave to her as a memorial of king Solomon, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - And king Solomon hath given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she had brought unto the king, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21 - For what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 - Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - But -- in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:30 - And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:2 - Great are the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:13 - She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said in my heart, 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time is to every matter and for every work there.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, 'I have no pleasure in them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And all my delight He doth perfect, So as to say of Jerusalem, Thou art built, And of the temple, Thou art founded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, 'My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - Be gathered all of you, and hear, Who among them did declare these things? Jehovah hath loved him, He doth His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm is on the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12 - And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - 'Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, 'A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, 'Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - A grief -- a despised broken thing -- is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it -- is lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - Who is even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:12 - And declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.
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