חֵ֫פֶץ
che.phets
“pleasure”
Definition
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
from H2654 (חָפֵץ);
- delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
חֵ֫פֶץ appears 33 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,before the days of adversity comeand the years approach of which you will say,“I find no pleasure in them,”
who says of Cyrus,‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’who says of Jerusalem,‘She will be rebuilt,’and of the temple,‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath,from doing as you please on My holy day,if you call the Sabbath a delight,and the LORD’s holy day honorable,if you honor it by not going your own wayor seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
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