Strong H2656חֵ֫פֶץ

pleasure

Transliteration: chêphets
Pronunciation: khay'-fets
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H2654; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind): - {acceptable} delight ({-some}) {desire} things {desired} {matter} pleasant ({-ure}) {purpose} willingly.

Detailed definition

1) delight, pleasure
1a) delight
1b) desire, longing
1c) the good pleasure
1d) that in which one takes delight

In the Bible

Strong H2656 appears in 38 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

pleasure15
desire9
delight3
purpose3
acceptable1
delightsome1
desired1
desireth1
matter1
pleasant1
thou1
willingly1

First verses

1 Samuel 15:22
And 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
And 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
Although 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
And 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
My 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
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
1 Kings 9:11
(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
And 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
And 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
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
Job 22:3
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
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Psalms 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms 16:3
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Psalms 107:30
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Psalms 111:2
The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Proverbs 31:13
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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