חָפֵץ

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• to delight in H2654A 73
• to sway H2654B 1

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire; [idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Jeremiah 6:10 יַחְפְּצוּ־ yach.pe.tzu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

2. Jeremiah 9:24 חָפַ֖צְתִּי cha.Fatz.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

   but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.

3. Jeremiah 42:22 חֲפַצְתֶּ֔ם cha.fatz.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

   Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn there.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.