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Strong's #4261 - מַחְמָד

Transliteration
machmâd
Phonetics
makh-mawd'
Origin
from (H2530)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
673d,673e
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מַחְמֻד
Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1741 ‑ ἔνδοξος (en'‑dox‑os);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (13)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 2
Joel 1
BSB (12)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Lamentations 2
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 2
Joel 1
CSB (10)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 2
Joel 1
ESV (12)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Isaiah 1
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 2
Joel 1
KJV (13)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 2
Joel 1
LEB (12)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Lamentations 2
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 2
Joel 1
LSB (17)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 2
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 4
Joel 2
N95 (16)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 2
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 3
Joel 2
NAS (21)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 2
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 3
Joel 2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (13)
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 3
Hosea 2
Joel 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

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

V) dmh (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)

Nm) dmh (ההמד HhMD) - Desirable: Something that is desired. KJV (6): desirable, pleasant - Strongs: H2531 (חֶמֶד)

Nf1) edmh (ההמדה HhMDH) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (25): pleasant, desire, beloved, goodly, precious - Strongs: H2532 (חֶמְדָּה)

am) dmhm (מההמד MHhMD) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (13): pleasant, desire, goodly, lovely beloved - Strongs: H4261 (מַחְמָד)

adm) dfmhm (מההמוד MHhMWD) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (2): pleasant - Strongs: H4262 (מַחְמֻד)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 מַחְמַד noun masculine desire, desirable thing — absolute מַחְמַד Hosea 9:6; construct id. 1 Kings 20:6 3t. Ezekiel; plural מַחֲמַדַּים Song of Solomon 5:16; construct מַחֲמַדֵּי Lamentations 2:4; Hosea 9:16; suffix מַחֲמַדַּי Joel 4:5; מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ Isaiah 64:10; מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ 2 Chronicles 36:19; Lamentations 1:10; מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם Lamentations 1:11 Qr (see also מַחְמֹד); — desirable, precious things ׳כלימֿ 2 Chronicles 36:19; singular collective Hosea 9:6; plural Joel 4:5; Isaiah 64:10; Lamentations 1:10,11 (Qr), בִּטְנָם׳מ Hosea 9:16; see especially plural intensive כֻּלּוֺ מַחֲמַדִּים Song of Solomon 5:16 all of him is delightfulness ("" מַמְתַֿקִּים); elsewhere מַחְמַד עינים desire of the eyes, i.e. that in which the eyes take delight 1 Kings 20:6; Ezekiel 24:16 (of prophet's wife), Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 24:25; plural Lamentations 2:4.

מַחְמַד [מַחְמֹד, מַחֲמֻדִים] see חמד

[מַחְמָל] see חמל. מַחְמֶ֫צֶת see I. חמץ.

מַחֲנֶה, מַחֲנִהדָֿן, מַחֲנַיִם see חנה.

מַחֲנָק see חנק, מַחְסֶה, מַחֲסֶה see חסה.

מַחְסוֺם see חסם. מַחְסוֺר see חסר

מַחְסֵיָה see חסה.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַחְמָד constr. מַחְמַד masc. plur. מַחֲמַדִּים (from the root חָמַד).

(1) desire, hence the object of desire. מַחְמַד עֵינֶיךָ that which thy eyes desire, 1 Kings 20:6 the delight of any one, Isaiah 64:10. Hosea 9:16, “the delight of their womb,” i.e. their dearest offspring.

(2) grace, beauty, Song of Solomon 5:16.

(3) something precious. Plur. Joel 4:5 2 Chronicles 36:19.


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List of Word Forms
וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙ ומחמדי מַחְמַ֣ד מַחְמַ֤ד מַחְמַ֥ד מַחֲמַדִּ֑ים מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּ מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י מַחֲמַדֵּי־ מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָ מַחֲמַדֶּ֖יהָ מחמד מחמדי מחמדי־ מחמדיה מחמדים מחמדינו ma·ḥă·mad·dê ma·ḥă·mad·dê- ma·ḥă·mad·de·hā ma·ḥă·mad·dê·nū ma·ḥă·mad·dîm machamaddei machamadDeiha machamadDeinu machamadDim machMad maḥ·maḏ maḥămaddê maḥămaddê- maḥămaddehā maḥămaddênū maḥămaddîm maḥmaḏ ū·ma·ḥă·mad·day umachamadDai ūmaḥămadday
 
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