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Lexicon :: Strong's H4261 - maḥmāḏ

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מַחְמָד
Transliteration
maḥmāḏ
Pronunciation
makh-mawd'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 673d,673e

Strong’s Definitions

מַחְמָד machmâd, makh-mawd'; from H2530; delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire:—beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H4261 in the following manner: pleasant thing (4x), pleasant (3x), desire (3x), goodly (1x), lovely (1x), beloved (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H4261 in the following manner: pleasant thing (4x), pleasant (3x), desire (3x), goodly (1x), lovely (1x), beloved (1x).

  1. desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחְמָד machmâd, makh-mawd'; from H2530; delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire:—beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).
STRONGS H4261: Abbreviations
† מַחְמַד noun masculine desire, desirable thing — absolute מַחְמַד Hosea 9:6; construct id. 1 Kings 20:6 + 3 times Ezekiel; plural מַחֲמַדַּים Songs 5:16; construct מַחֲמַדֵּי Lamentations 2:4; Hosea 9:16; suffix מַחֲמַדַּי Joel 4:5; מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ Isaiah 64:10; מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ 2 Chronicles 36:19; Lamentations 1:10; מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם Lamentations 1:11Qr (see also מַחְמֹד); — desirable, precious things כלימֿ׳ 2 Chronicles 36:19; singular collective Hosea 9:6; plural Joel 4:5; Isaiah 64:10; Lamentations 1:10, 11 (Qr), בִּטְנָם מ׳ Hosea 9:16; see especially plural intensive כֻּלּוֺ מַחֲמַדִּים Songs 5:16 all of him is delightfulness (|| מַמְתַֿקִּים); elsewhere מַחְמַד עינים desire of the eyes, i.e. that in which the eyes take delight 1 Kings 20:6; Ezekiel 24:16 (of prophet's wife), Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 24:25; plural Lamentations 2:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

20:6; 20:6

2 Chronicles

36:19; 36:19

Song of Songs

5:16; 5:16

Isaiah

64:10; 64:10

Lamentations

1:10; 1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 2:4; 2:4

Ezekiel

24:16; 24:21; 24:25

Hosea

9:6; 9:6; 9:16; 9:16

H4261

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4261 matches the Hebrew מַחְמָד (maḥmāḏ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:6 - but about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants; and [fn]whatever is desirable H4261 in your eyes, they will put in their hand and carry away.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then they burned the house of God and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its valuable H4261 articles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 -

“His [fn]mouth is full of sweetness.

And he is wholly desirable H4261.

This is my beloved and this is my friend,

O daughters of Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:11 -

Our holy and glorious house,

Where our fathers praised You,

Has been burned by fire;

And all our precious H4261 things H4261 have become a waste place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 -

Yodh

The adversary has stretched out his hand

Over all her desirable H4261 things H4261,

For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,

The ones whom You commanded

That they should not enter into Your assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:11 -

Kaph

All her people are sighing, seeking bread;

They have given their desirable things for food

To restore their souls.

“See, O Yahweh, and look,

For I am despised.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 -

Daleth

He has bent His bow like an enemy;

He has set His right hand like an adversary

And killed all that were desirable H4261 to the eye;

In the tent of the daughter of Zion

He has poured out His wrath like fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16 - “Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire H4261 of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - ‘Say to the house of Israel, “Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire H4261 of your eyes, and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:25 -

‘Now as for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their strong defense, the joy of their beauty, the desire H4261 of their eyes, and what lifts up their soul, their sons and their daughters,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 -

For behold, they will go because of destruction;

Egypt will gather them up; Memphis will bury them.

Weeds will possess their desirable H4261 items H4261 of silver;

Thorns will be in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 -

Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up;

They will bear no fruit.

Even though they bear children,

I will put to death the desirable H4261 ones H4261 of their womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:5 - “Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My desirable H4261 [fn]treasures H4261 to your temples,
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