Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2656
חֵ֫פֶץ
che.phets · “pleasure”
Used 39 times across 12 books
Definition
1) delight, pleasure
1a) delight
1b) desire, longing
1c) the good pleasure
1d) that in which one takes delight
1a) delight
1b) desire, longing
1c) the good pleasure
1d) that in which one takes delight
Where it appears
1 Samuel2
2 Samuel1
1 Kings5
2 Chronicles1
Job3
Psalms4
Proverbs3
Ecclesiastes7
Isaiah8
Jeremiah2
Hosea1
Malachi2
In the text
1 Samuel 15:22And 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 18:25And 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 23:5Although 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 5:221 Kings 5:231 Kings 5:241 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 10:13And 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 9:12And 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 21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
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