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 saith, ‘Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;1 Samuel 18:25 · חֵ֤פֶץAnd Saul saith, ‘Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines—to be avenged on the enemies of the king;’ and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.2 Samuel 23:5 · חֵ֖פֶץFor—not so is my house with God; For—a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For—all my salvation, and all desire, For—He hath not caused it to spring up.1 Kings 5:8 · חֶפְצְךָ֔And Hiram sendeth unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me, I do all thy desire concerning cedar-wood, and fir-wood,1 Kings 5:9 · חֶפְצִ֔יmy servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that thou sendest unto me, and I have spread them out there; and thou dost take them up, and thou dost execute my desire, to give the food of my house.’1 Kings 5:10 · חֶפְצֽוֹ׃And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire,1 Kings 9:11 · חֶפְצ֑וֹHiram king of Tyre hath assisted Solomon with cedar-trees, and with fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire; then doth king Solomon give to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.1 Kings 10:13 · חֶפְצָהּ֙And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which he gave to her as a memorial of king Solomon, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.2 Chronicles 9:12 · חֶפְצָהּ֙And king Solomon hath given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she had brought unto the king, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.Job 21:21 · חֶפְצ֣וֹFor what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?Job 22:3 · הַחֵ֣פֶץIs it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?Job 31:16 · מֵחֵ֣פֶץIf I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,Psalm 1:2 · חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹBut—in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:Psalm 16:3 · חֶפְצִי־For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.Psalm 107:30 · חֶפְצָֽם׃And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire.Psalm 111:2 · חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃Great are the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them.Proverbs 3:15 · חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָPrecious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.Proverbs 8:11 · חֲ֝פָצִ֗יםFor better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.Proverbs 31:13 · בְּחֵ֣פֶץShe hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands.Ecclesiastes 3:1 · חֵ֖פֶץTo everything—a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:Ecclesiastes 3:17 · חֵ֔פֶץI said in my heart, ‘The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time is to every matter and for every work there.’Ecclesiastes 5:4 · חֵ֖פֶץWhen thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest—complete.Ecclesiastes 5:8 · הַחֵ֑פֶץIf oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.Ecclesiastes 8:6 · חֵ֔פֶץFor to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.Ecclesiastes 12:1 · חֵֽפֶץ׃Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, ‘I have no pleasure in them.’Ecclesiastes 12:10 · חֵ֑פֶץThe preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.Isaiah 44:28 · חֶפְצִ֖יWho is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And all my delight He doth perfect, So as to say of Jerusalem, Thou art built, And of the temple, Thou art founded.Isaiah 46:10 · חֶפְצִ֖יDeclaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, ‘My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.’Isaiah 48:14 · חֶפְצוֹ֙Be gathered all of you, and hear, Who among them did declare these things? Jehovah hath loved him, He doth His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm is on the Chaldeans.Isaiah 53:10 · וְחֵ֥פֶץAnd Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed—he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.Isaiah 54:12 · חֵֽפֶץ׃And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,Isaiah 58:3 · חֵ֔פֶץ‘Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.’ Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.Isaiah 58:13 · חֲפָצֶ֖יךָ · חֶפְצְךָ֖If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, ‘A delight,’ To the holy of Jehovah, ‘Honoured,’ And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.Jeremiah 22:28 · חֵ֖פֶץA grief—a despised broken thing—is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?Jeremiah 48:38 · חֵ֥פֶץOn all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it—is lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.Hosea 8:8 · חֵ֥פֶץIsrael hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.Malachi 1:10 · חֵ֜פֶץWho is even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.Malachi 3:12 · חֵ֔פֶץAnd declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.