1) delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight
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H2656 — חֵ֫פֶץ
che.phets · pleasure · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Samuel 15:22 · הַחֵ֤פֶץAnd Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.1 Samuel 18:25 · חֵ֤פֶץAnd Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.2 Samuel 23:5 · חֵ֖פֶץVerily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all my desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.1 Kings 5:8 · חֶפְצְךָ֔And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which thou hast sent unto me: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.1 Kings 5:9 · חֶפְצִ֔יMy servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.1 Kings 5:10 · חֶפְצֽוֹ׃So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.1 Kings 9:11 · חֶפְצ֑וֹ(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.1 Kings 10:13 · חֶפְצָהּ֙And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.2 Chronicles 9:12 · חֶפְצָהּ֙And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.Job 21:21 · חֶפְצ֣וֹFor what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?Job 22:3 · הַחֵ֣פֶץIs it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?Job 31:16 · מֵחֵ֣פֶץIf I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,Psalm 1:2 · חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹBut his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.Psalm 16:3 · חֶפְצִי־As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.Psalm 107:30 · חֶפְצָֽם׃Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.Psalm 111:2 · חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃The works of Jehovah are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.Proverbs 3:15 · חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָShe is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.Proverbs 8:11 · חֲ֝פָצִ֗יםFor wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.Proverbs 31:13 · בְּחֵ֣פֶץShe seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.Ecclesiastes 3:1 · חֵ֖פֶץFor everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:Ecclesiastes 3:17 · חֵ֔פֶץI said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.Ecclesiastes 5:4 · חֵ֖פֶץWhen thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.Ecclesiastes 5:8 · הַחֵ֑פֶץIf thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.Ecclesiastes 8:6 · חֵ֔פֶץfor to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:Ecclesiastes 12:1 · חֵֽפֶץ׃Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;Ecclesiastes 12:10 · חֵ֑פֶץThe Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.Isaiah 44:28 · חֶפְצִ֖יThat saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.Isaiah 46:10 · חֶפְצִ֖יdeclaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;Isaiah 48:14 · חֶפְצוֹ֙Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.Isaiah 53:10 · וְחֵ֥פֶץYet 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 54:12 · חֵֽפֶץ׃And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.Isaiah 58:3 · חֵ֔פֶץWherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.Isaiah 58:13 · חֲפָצֶ֖יךָ · חֶפְצְךָ֖If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:Jeremiah 22:28 · חֵ֖פֶץIs this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?Jeremiah 48:38 · חֵ֥פֶץOn all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.Hosea 8:8 · חֵ֥פֶץIsrael is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.Malachi 1:10 · חֵ֜פֶץOh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.Malachi 3:12 · חֵ֔פֶץAnd all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.