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 · הַחֵ֤פֶץSamuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.1 Samuel 18:25 · חֵ֤פֶץSaul said, “You shall tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one 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 · חֵ֖פֶץMost certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he doesn’t make it grow.1 Kings 5:8 · חֶפְצְךָ֔Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you have sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.1 Kings 5:9 · חֶפְצִ֔יMy servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them. You shall 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 · חֶפְצָהּ֙King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever 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 · חֶפְצָהּ֙King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.Job 21:21 · חֶפְצ֣וֹFor what does he care 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 you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?Job 31:16 · מֵחֵ֣פֶץ“If 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 Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.Psalm 16:3 · חֶפְצִי־As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.Psalm 107:30 · חֶפְצָֽם׃Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.Psalm 111:2 · חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.Proverbs 3:15 · חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָShe is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.Proverbs 8:11 · חֲ֝פָצִ֗יםFor wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.Proverbs 31:13 · בְּחֵ֣פֶץShe seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly 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 you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.Ecclesiastes 5:8 · הַחֵ֑פֶץIf you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.Ecclesiastes 8:6 · חֵ֔פֶץFor there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.Ecclesiastes 12:1 · חֵֽפֶץ׃Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”Ecclesiastes 12:10 · חֵ֑פֶץThe Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.Isaiah 44:28 · חֶפְצִ֖יWho says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will 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 · חֶפְצוֹ֙“Assemble yourselves, all you, and hear; who among them has declared these things? He whom Yahweh loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.Isaiah 53:10 · וְחֵ֥פֶץYet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.Isaiah 54:12 · חֵֽפֶץ׃I will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.Isaiah 58:3 · חֵ֔פֶץ‘Why have we fasted,’ say they, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.Isaiah 58:13 · חֲפָצֶ֖יךָ · חֶפְצְךָ֖“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:Jeremiah 22:28 · חֵ֖פֶץIs this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel in which none delights? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they don’t know?Jeremiah 48:38 · חֵ֥פֶץOn all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.Hosea 8:8 · חֵ֥פֶץIsrael is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.Malachi 1:10 · חֵ֜פֶץ“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.Malachi 3:12 · חֵ֔פֶץ“All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.