Strong H4261מַחְמָד

Definition

Detailed definition

In the Bible

Strong H4261 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• thing4
• desire3
• pleasant2
• beloved1
• goodly1
• lovely1
• whatsoever1

First verses

1. 1 Kings 20:6
   Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
2. 2 Chronicles 36:19
   And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
3. Song of Songs 5:16
   His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
4. Isaiah 64:11
   Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
5. Lamentations 1:10
   The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
6. Lamentations 1:11
   All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.
7. Lamentations 2:4
   He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
8. Ezekiel 24:16
   Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
9. Ezekiel 24:21
   Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
10. Ezekiel 24:25
    Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
11. Hosea 9:6
    For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
12. Hosea 9:16
    Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
13. Joel 3:5
    Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

Occurrences by book

• 1 Kings1
• 2 Chronicles1
• Song of Songs1
• Isaiah1
• Lamentations3
• Ezekiel3
• Hosea2
• Joel1

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