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
38 tagged verse occurrences
1 Samuel 15:22 · הַחֵ֤פֶץAnd Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? 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 an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.2 Samuel 23:5 · חֵ֖פֶץAlthough my house [be] not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he make [it] not to grow.1 Kings 5:8 · חֶפְצְךָ֔And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: [and] 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 convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged 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 cedar trees and fir trees [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 unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.2 Chronicles 9:12 · חֶפְצָהּ֙And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.Job 21:21 · חֶפְצ֣וֹFor what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?Job 22:3 · הַחֵ֣פֶץ[Is 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 the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.Psalm 16:3 · חֶפְצִי־[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.Psalm 107:30 · חֶפְצָֽם׃Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.Psalm 111:2 · חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃The works of the LORD [are] great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.Proverbs 3:15 · חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָShe [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not 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 to it.Proverbs 31:13 · בְּחֵ֣פֶץShe seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.Ecclesiastes 3:1 · חֵ֖פֶץTo every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:Ecclesiastes 3:17 · חֵ֔פֶץI said in mine heart, God shall 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 hast vowed.Ecclesiastes 5:8 · הַחֵ֑פֶץIf thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.Ecclesiastes 8:6 · חֵ֔פֶץBecause to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.Ecclesiastes 12:1 · חֵֽפֶץ׃Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor 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 [was] upright, [even] words of truth.Isaiah 44:28 · חֶפְצִ֖יThat saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.Isaiah 46:10 · חֶפְצִ֖יDeclaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Isaiah 48:14 · חֶפְצוֹ֙All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these [things]? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.Isaiah 53:10 · וְחֵ֥פֶץYet 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 54:12 · חֵֽפֶץ׃And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant 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 pleasure, and exact all your labours.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, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:Jeremiah 22:28 · חֵ֖פֶץ[Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?Jeremiah 48:38 · חֵ֥פֶץ[There shall be] lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure, saith the LORD.Hosea 8:8 · חֵ֥פֶץIsrael is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.Malachi 1:10 · חֵ֜פֶץWho [is there] even among you that would shut the doors [for nought]? neither do ye kindle [fire] on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.Malachi 3:12 · חֵ֔פֶץAnd all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.