חָפֵץ

cha.phets · to delight in

Hebrew · Strong's H2654 · Verb · Sounds like: khaw-fates' · 74 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חָפֵץ vb. delight in
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[חָפַץ] vb. bend down—only Qal Jb 40:17

Every occurrence

  1. Ruth 3:13 יַחְפֹּ֧ץ yach.Potz · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as Jehovah liveth: lie down until the morning.

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