1) to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with 1a) (Qal) 1a1) of men 1a1a) to take pleasure in, delight in 1a1b) to delight, desire, be pleased to do 1a2) of God 1a2a) to delight in, have pleasure in 1a2b) to be pleased to do
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H2654 — חָפֵץ
cha.phets · to delight in · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 34:19 · חָפֵ֖ץAnd the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.Numbers 14:8 · חָפֵ֥ץIf Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.Deuteronomy 21:14 · חָפַ֣צְתָּAnd it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.Deuteronomy 25:7 · יַחְפֹּץ֙And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me.Deuteronomy 25:8 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיThen the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;Judges 13:23 · חָפֵ֨ץBut his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.Ruth 3:13 · יַחְפֹּ֧ץTarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as Jehovah liveth: lie down until the morning.1 Samuel 2:25 · חָפֵ֥ץIf one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.1 Samuel 18:22 · חָפֵ֤ץAnd Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.1 Samuel 19:1 · חָפֵ֥ץAnd Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.2 Samuel 15:26 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיbut if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.2 Samuel 20:11 · חָפֵ֧ץAnd there stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.2 Samuel 22:20 · חָ֥פֵֽץHe brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.2 Samuel 24:3 · חָפֵ֖ץAnd Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?1 Kings 9:1 · חָפֵ֖ץAnd it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,1 Kings 10:9 · חָפֵ֣ץBlessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness.2 Chronicles 9:8 · חָפֵ֣ץBlessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.Esther 2:14 · חָפֵ֥ץIn the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.Esther 6:6 · חָפֵ֣ץ · יַחְפֹּ֥ץSo Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?Esther 6:7 · חָפֵ֥ץAnd Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,Esther 6:9 · חָפֵ֣ץ · חָפֵ֥ץand let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.Esther 6:11 · חָפֵ֥ץThen took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.Job 9:3 · יַ֭חְפֹּץIf he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.Job 13:3 · אֶחְפָּֽץ׃Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.Job 21:14 · חָפָֽצְנוּ׃And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.Job 33:32 · חָפַ֥צְתִּיIf thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.Job 40:17 · יַחְפֹּ֣ץHe moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.Psalm 18:19 · חָ֥פֵֽץHe brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.Psalm 22:8 · חָ֥פֵֽץCommit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.Psalm 37:23 · יֶחְפָּֽץ׃A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.Psalm 40:6 · חָפַ֗צְתָּSacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.Psalm 40:8 · חָפָ֑צְתִּיI delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.Psalm 41:11 · חָפַ֣צְתָּBy this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.Psalm 51:6 · חָפַ֣צְתָּBehold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.Psalm 51:16 · תַחְפֹּ֣ץFor thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.Psalm 51:19 · תַּחְפֹּ֣ץThen wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.Psalm 68:30 · יֶחְפָּֽצוּ׃Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.Psalm 73:25 · חָפַ֥צְתִּיWhom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.Psalm 109:17 · חָפֵ֥ץYea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.Psalm 112:1 · חָפֵ֥ץPraise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.Psalm 115:3 · חָפֵ֣ץBut our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.Psalm 119:35 · חָפָֽצְתִּי׃Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.Psalm 135:6 · חָפֵ֥ץWhatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;Psalm 147:10 · יֶחְפָּ֑ץHe delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.Proverbs 18:2 · יַחְפֹּ֣ץA fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.Proverbs 21:1 · יַחְפֹּ֣ץThe king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.Ecclesiastes 8:3 · יַחְפֹּ֖ץBe not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.Song of Solomon 2:7 · שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ סI adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.Song of Solomon 3:5 · שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ סI adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.Song of Solomon 8:4 · שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ סI adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.Isaiah 1:11 · חָפָֽצְתִּי׃What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.Isaiah 13:17 · יַחְפְּצוּ־Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.Isaiah 42:21 · חָפֵ֖ץIt pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.Isaiah 53:10 · חָפֵ֤ץYet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.Isaiah 55:11 · חָפַ֔צְתִּיso shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Isaiah 56:4 · חָפָ֑צְתִּיFor thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:Isaiah 58:2 · יֶחְפָּצ֑וּן · יֶחְפָּצֽוּן׃Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.Isaiah 62:4 · חָפֵ֤ץThou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.Isaiah 65:12 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיI will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.Isaiah 66:3 · חָפֵֽצָה׃He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine’s blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:Isaiah 66:4 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיI also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.Jeremiah 6:10 · יַחְפְּצוּ־To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.Jeremiah 9:24 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיbut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.Jeremiah 42:22 · חֲפַצְתֶּ֔םNow therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn there.Hosea 6:6 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיFor I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.Jonah 1:14 · חָפַ֖צְתָּWherefore they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.Malachi 2:17 · חָפֵ֔ץYe have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?