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Monday, January 20th, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #2531 - חֶמֶד

Transliteration

chemed

Phonetics

kheh'-med

Origin

from (H2530)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

673a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

desire, delight, beauty, desirable, pleasant

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1939 ‑ ἐπιθυμία (ep‑ee‑thoo‑mee'‑ah); 2570 ‑ καλός (kal‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

BSB (6)

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

CSB (4)

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

ESV (6)

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

KJV (6)

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

LEB (6)

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

LSB (5)

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

N95 (5)

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

NAS (5)

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Amos 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2169) d m h (ההמד HhMD) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Desire: Something of value or delighted in. [from: mh- as in cheese as a delicacy]

V) d m h (ההמד HhMD) - Desire: To want something that is pleasant out of desire or lust. KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) desire, covet, delight, pleasant, beauty, lust, delectable - Strongs: H2530 (חָמַד)

N^m) d m h (ההמד HhMD) - Desirable: Something that is desired. KJV (6): desirable, pleasant - Strongs: H2531 (חֶמֶד)

N^f1) e d m h (ההמדה HhMDH) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (25): pleasant, desire, beloved, goodly, precious - Strongs: H2532 (חֶמְדָּה)

a^m) d m h m (מההמד MHhMD) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (13): pleasant, desire, goodly, lovely beloved - Strongs: H4261 (מַחְמָד)

ad^m) d f m h m (מההמוד MHhMWD) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (2): pleasant - Strongs: H4262 (מַחְמֻד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֶ֫מֶד noun [masculine] desire, delight — absolute ׳ח Amos 5:11+ 4t.; only after a construct; נְטַעְתֶּם׳כַּרְמֵיחֿ Amos 5:11 vineyards of desire (i.e. delightful vineyards) have ye planted; so read also Isaiah 27:2 (for ᵑ0כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר) Manuscripts HCT ᵐ5 van d. H Lo Hi Ew De Di Che Du; so of fields ׳שְׁדֵי ח Isaiah 32:12; elsewhere of young men ׳בַּחוּרֵי ח Ezekiel 23:6,12,23 desirable young men = fine, attractive, young men.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֶמֶד m. beauty, desirableness, pleasantness. Ezekiel 23:6, בַּחוּרֵי חֶמֶד “handsome young men.” שְׂדֵי חֱמֶד pleasant fields, Isaiah 32:12 comp. Amos 5:11.

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List of Word Forms

חֶ֕מֶד חֶ֖מֶד חֶ֜מֶד חֶ֣מֶד חמד Chemed ḥe·meḏ ḥemeḏ