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Strong's #2656 - חֵפֶץ

Transliteration

chêphets

Phonetics

khay'-fets

Origin

from (H2654)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

712b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

delight, pleasure
1. delight
2. desire, longing
3. the good pleasure
4. that in which one takes delight

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3199 ‑ μέλω (mel'‑o); 1011 ‑ βουλεύω (bool‑yoo'‑o); 1588 ‑ ἐκλεκτός (ek‑lek‑tos'); 2173 ‑ εὔχρηστος (yoo'‑khrays‑tos); 2308 ‑ θέλησις (thel'‑ay‑sis); 4229 ‑ πρᾶγμα (prag'‑mah); 5093 ‑ τίμιος (tim'‑ee‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (36)

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Job 2

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 7

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

BSB (38)

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 7

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

CSB (28)

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 7

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

ESV (38)

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

KJV (39)

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 7

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

LEB (34)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Job 2

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

LSB (44)

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 6

2 Chronicles 1

Job 4

Psalms 3

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 7

Isaiah 13

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

N95 (39)

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 6

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 7

Isaiah 12

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

NAS (42)

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 6

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Psalms 3

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 7

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

NLT (0)

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

WEB (39)

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 7

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 2

Hosea 1

Malachi 2

ASV (36)

acceptable 1

according to all his desire 2

all her desire 2

all my pleasure 2

all thy desire 1

and all the things that may be desired 1

and none of the things thou canst desire 1

and the pleasure 1

as great delight 1

but his delight 1

desireth 1

for every purpose 1

for to every purpose 1

for what careth 1

for ye shall be a delightsome 1

his pleasure 1

i have no pleasure in them 1

in whom is all my delight 1

is it any pleasure 1

it; for he hath no pleasure 1

my desire 1

not at the matter 1

of all them that have pleasure therein 1

of precious 1

pleasure 1

them unto their desired 1

there for every purpose 1

thine own pleasure 1

thy pleasure 1

wherein none delighteth 3

willingly 1

BSB (38)

activity 1

and the good pleasure 1

as you please 2

delight 1

delightful 1

desire 2

desires 1

does he care 1

does it delight 1

he wanted 1

his delight 1

his desire 1

like an unwanted 1

my delight 1

my good pleasure 1

my needs 1

of delight 1

of precious 1

one wants 1

pleasure 3

purpose 2

she desired 2

that i desire 1

the desires 1

the matter 1

they desired 1

who delight in them 1

with eager 1

you desire 3

your own pleasure 1

CSB (28)

activity 2

care 1

delight 4

delightful 2

desirable 1

desire 3

desires 1

his will 1

needs 1

please 1

pleased 1

pleasure 2

the situation 1

the wishes 1

they longed for 1

want 1

wanted 1

wants 1

wish 1

you want 1

ESV (38)

care 1

cares 2

delight 5

desire 5

desired 5

desires 1

great delight 1

matter 3

pleasure 7

precious 1

purpose 3

useless 1

will 1

willing 1

wishes 1

KJV (39)

acceptable 1

delight 3

delightsome 1

desire 8

desire,) 1

desired 2

desireth 1

matter 1

pleasant 1

pleasure 16

purpose 3

willingly 1

LEB (34)

⌊does he care for⌋ 1

and the will of 1

deed 1

delight 2

delight in it 1

delightful 1

desire 1

desired thing 1

desires 2

his desire 1

his wish 1

in which one takes joy⌋ 1

is his delight 1

is it a pleasure 1

is there as much delight 1

matter 2

my desire 2

my wishes 1

my wishes,' 1

of precious 1

pleasure in them 1

pleasure in you 1

pleasure⌋ 1

their desired 1

who delight in them 1

with the diligence of 1

your affairs 2

your desire 1

your desires 1

LSB (44)

delight 8

delightful 2

delights 1

desirable 1

desire 13

desired 2

good 4

have 1

matter 4

pleasure 5

precious 1

things 1

what 1

N95 (39)

care 1

delight 6

delightful 2

delights 1

desirable 1

desire 11

desired 1

event 1

good 3

matter 1

pleased 1

pleasure 6

precious 1

sight 1

things 1

what 1

NAS (42)

care 1

delight 8

delightful 2

delights 1

desirable 1

desire 7

desired 2

good 3

matter 2

pleased 1

pleasure 6

precious 1

sight 1

things 1

what 1

wish 3

wished 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (39)

acceptable 1

according to all his desire 2

all her desire 2

all my pleasure 2

all the things that may be desired 1

all your desire 1

and all my desire 1

and the pleasure 1

as great delight 1

at the matter 1

but his delight 1

by all those who delight in them 1

desires 1

eagerly 1

for every purpose 2

for what does he care 1

for you will be a delightful 1

from their desire 1

his pleasure 1

i have no pleasure in them 1

in which none delights 2

is it any pleasure 1

like a worthless 1

my desire 1

none of the things you can desire 1

of precious 1

ones in whom is all my delight 1

pleasure 2

them to their desired 1

there for every purpose 1

your own pleasure 1

your pleasure 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2191) y p h (ההפתס HhPTs) AC: Delight CO: ? AB: ?: [from: ph- hiding a treasure]

V) y p h (ההפתס HhPTs) - Delight: To desire something out of pleasure or necessity. KJV (75): (vf: Paal) delight, please, desire, will, pleasure, favour, like, move, would - Strongs: H2654 (חָפֵץ)

N^m) y p h (ההפתס HhPTs) - Delight: KJV (50): desire, pleasure, would, please, willing, favour, wish, delight - Strongs: H2655 (חָפֵץ), H2656 (חֵפֶץ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֵ֫פֶץ noun masculine^{Proverbs 3:15} delight, pleasure; — ׳ח Isaiah 54:12 20t.; suffix חֶפְצְךָ Isaiah 58:13 etc. + 13t. suffixes; plural חֲפָצִים Proverbs 8:11; suffix חֲפָצֶיךָ Proverbs 3:15; חֲפָצֶ֖ךָ Isaiah 58:13 —

1 delight ׳אבני ח Isaiah 54:12 delightful stones; ׳אֶרֶץ ח Malachi 3:12 delightsome land; ׳דִּבְּרֵי ח Ecclesiastes 12:10; so perhaps also ׳בִּגְדֵי ח Ezekiel 27:20 garments of delight, i.e. of beauty and luxury (Gr; ᵑ0חֹפֶשׁ q. v.); with בְּ of persons Psalm 16:3; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Malachi 1:10; of things 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 18:25; Psalm 1:2; Job 21:21; Ecclesiastes 12:1; כְּלִיאֵין חֵפֶץ בּוֺ vessel wherein is no pleasure Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 48:38; Hosea 8:8; הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי Job 22:3 is it a pleasure to Shadday that ?

2 desire, longing דלים׳מנע מח Job 31:16 withhold the poor from ( their) desire; מְחוֺז חֶפְצָם the city of their desire Psalm 107:30; כל חפץ all ( one's) desire 2 Samuel 23:5; 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:23; 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Kings 10:13 2 Chronicles 9:12; כל חפצים all things to be desired Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 8:11.

3 the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 48:14.

4 that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter (very late, compare in Mishna = thing) בְּיָדוֺ יִצְלַח׳חֵפֶץ י the good pleasure ( cause, business) of Yahweh will prosper in his hands Isaiah 53:10; ׳מצא ח Isaiah 58:3,13; עֲשׂוֺת חֲפָצֶךָ doing thy affairs Isaiah 58:13 (see De on the passage); בְּחֵפֶץ כַּמֶּיהָ in the business of her hands Proverbs 31:13; עֵתּ לְכָלחֵֿפֶץ time for every matter, affair Ecclesiastes 3:1,17; Ecclesiastes 8:6; אַלֿתִּתְּמַהּ עַלהַֿחֵפֶץ marvel not at the matter Ecclesiastes 5:7.

Note. — חפץ is not used in any of its forms in E D² H P of the Hexateuch.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֵפֶץ m. with suff. חֶפְצִי [pl. חֲפָצִים]

(1) delight. 1 Samuel 15:22; Psalms 1:2, 16:3 1 Kings 10:13, כָּל־חֶפְצָהּ “every thing in which she delighted.” דִּבְרֵי חֵפֶץ pleasant, acceptable words, Ecclesiastes 12:10, 5:3, אֵין חֵפֶץ בַּכְּסִילִים “(God) has no pleasure in fools.”

(2) desire, will, Job 31:16.

(3) something precious (comp. חֶמֶד). אַבְנֵי־חֵפֶץ precious stones, Isaiah 54:12 plural חֲפָצִים precious things, Proverbs 3:15, 8:11.

(4) pursuit, ardour, hence affair, matter, LXX. πρᾶγμα Ecclesiastes 3:1, וְעֵת לְכָל־חֵפֶץ “and its own time for every thing,” i.e. all things are fleeting and unenduring, nothing is stable and everlasting. 5:7, אַל־תִּתְמַהּ עַל הַחֶפֶץ “marvel not at this thing.” The origin of this signification may be seen from passages such as these, Isaiah 53:10, חֵפֶץ יְהֹוָה בְּיָדוֹ יִצְלַח “the affairs of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand,” Isaiah 44:28, 58:3, 13 Isaiah 58:13; Job 21:21, 22:3. (Similar to this is the Syriac ܨܒܘܽ a thing, an affair, from ܨܒܐܳ i.q. חָפֵץ to will, desire.)

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List of Word Forms

בְּחֵ֣פֶץ בחפץ הַחֵ֑פֶץ הַחֵ֣פֶץ הַחֵ֤פֶץ החפץ וְחֵ֥פֶץ וחפץ חֲ֝פָצִ֗ים חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָ חֲפָצֶ֖יךָ חֵ֑פֶץ חֵ֔פֶץ חֵ֖פֶץ חֵ֜פֶץ חֵ֤פֶץ חֵ֥פֶץ חֵֽפֶץ׃ חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹ חֶפְצ֑וֹ חֶפְצ֣וֹ חֶפְצְךָ֔ חֶפְצְךָ֖ חֶפְצִ֔י חֶפְצִ֖י חֶפְצִי־ חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃ חֶפְצָֽם׃ חֶפְצָהּ֙ חֶפְצֽוֹ׃ חֶפְצוֹ֙ חפץ חפץ׃ חפצה חפצו חפצו׃ חפצי חפצי־ חפציהם׃ חפציך חפצים חפצך חפצם׃ מֵחֵ֣פֶץ מחפץ bə·ḥê·p̄eṣ beChefetz bəḥêp̄eṣ chafaTzeicha chafaTzim Chefetz chefTzah chefTzam cheftzeCha cheftzeiHem chefTzi chefTzo ha·ḥê·p̄eṣ ḥă·p̄ā·ṣe·ḵā ḥă·p̄ā·ṣîm haChefetz haḥêp̄eṣ ḥăp̄āṣeḵā ḥăp̄āṣîm ḥê·p̄eṣ ḥep̄·ṣāh ḥep̄·ṣām ḥep̄·ṣê·hem ḥep̄·ṣə·ḵā ḥep̄·ṣî ḥep̄·ṣî- ḥep̄·ṣōw ḥêp̄eṣ ḥep̄ṣāh ḥep̄ṣām ḥep̄ṣêhem ḥep̄ṣəḵā ḥep̄ṣî ḥep̄ṣî- ḥep̄ṣōw mê·ḥê·p̄eṣ meChefetz mêḥêp̄eṣ veChefetz wə·ḥê·p̄eṣ wəḥêp̄eṣ