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] more honourable than all the house of his father.Numbers 14:8 · חָפֵ֥ץIf the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it 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 make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.Deuteronomy 25:7 · יַחְפֹּץ֙And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife 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 my husband’s brother.Deuteronomy 25:8 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיThen the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and [if] he stand [to it], and say, I like not to take her;Judges 13:23 · חָפֵ֨ץBut his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these [things], nor would as at this time have told us [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] the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.1 Samuel 2:25 · חָפֵ֥ץIf one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would 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 kill David.2 Samuel 15:26 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיBut if he thus say, 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 one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that [is] for David, [let him go] after 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 the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may 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 the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,1 Kings 10:9 · חָפֵ֣ץBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.2 Chronicles 9:8 · חָפֵ֣ץBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.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, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that 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 honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?Esther 6:7 · חָפֵ֥ץAnd Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,Esther 6:9 · חָפֵ֣ץ · חָפֵ֥ץAnd let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him 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 honour.Esther 6:11 · חָפֵ֥ץThen took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.Job 9:3 · יַ֭חְפֹּץIf he will 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׃Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.Job 33:32 · חָפַ֥צְתִּיIf thou hast any thing 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 stones are wrapped together.Psalm 18:19 · חָ֥פֵֽץHe brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.Psalm 22:8 · חָ֥פֵֽץHe trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.Psalm 37:23 · יֶחְפָּֽץ׃The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.Psalm 40:6 · חָפַ֗צְתָּSacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; 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 favourest 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 shalt make me to know wisdom.Psalm 51:16 · תַחְפֹּ֣ץFor thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.Psalm 51:19 · תַּחְפֹּ֣ץThen shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.Psalm 68:30 · יֶחְפָּֽצוּ׃Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, [till every one] submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in war.Psalm 73:25 · חָפַ֥צְתִּיWhom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.Psalm 109:17 · חָפֵ֥ץAs he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.Psalm 112:1 · חָפֵ֥ץPraise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.Psalm 115:3 · חָפֵ֣ץBut our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.Psalm 119:35 · חָפָֽצְתִּי׃Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.Psalm 135:6 · חָפֵ֥ץWhatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.Psalm 147:10 · יֶחְפָּ֑ץHe delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.Proverbs 18:2 · יַחְפֹּ֣ץA fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.Proverbs 21:1 · יַחְפֹּ֣ץThe king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.Ecclesiastes 8:3 · יַחְפֹּ֖ץBe not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.Song of Solomon 2:7 · שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ סI charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.Song of Solomon 3:5 · שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ סI charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.Song of Solomon 8:4 · שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ סI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please.Isaiah 1:11 · חָפָֽצְתִּי׃To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full 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, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.Isaiah 42:21 · חָפֵ֖ץThe LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.Isaiah 53:10 · חָפֵ֤ץYet it pleased the LORD 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 the LORD 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 the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and take hold of 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 the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to 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 Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.Isaiah 65:12 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיTherefore will I number 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 did evil before mine eyes, and did choose [that] wherein I delighted not.Isaiah 66:3 · חָפֵֽצָה׃He that killeth an ox [is as if] he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, [as if] he blessed 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 evil before mine eyes, and chose [that] in which I delighted not.Jeremiah 6:10 · יַחְפְּצוּ־To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.Jeremiah 9:24 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיBut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.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 [and] to sojourn.Hosea 6:6 · חָפַ֖צְתִּיFor I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.Jonah 1:14 · חָפַ֖צְתָּWherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.Malachi 2:17 · חָפֵ֔ץYe have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?