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. Psalms 109:17 חָפֵ֥ץ cha.Fetz · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

  2. Psalms 112:1 חָפֵ֥ץ cha.Fetz · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.

  3. Psalms 115:3 חָפֵ֣ץ cha.Fetz · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

  4. Psalms 119:35 חָפָֽצְתִּי׃ cha.Fa.tze.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.

  5. Psalms 135:6 חָפֵ֥ץ cha.Fetz · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

  6. Psalms 147:10 יֶחְפָּ֑ץ yech.Patz · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

  7. Proverbs 18:2 יַחְפֹּ֣ץ yach.Potz · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

  8. Proverbs 21:1 יַחְפֹּ֣ץ yach.Potz · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

  9. Ecclesiastes 8:3 יַחְפֹּ֖ץ yach.Potz · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

  10. Song of Solomon 2:7 שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ ס she.tech.Patz · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  11. Song of Solomon 3:5 שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ ס she.tech.Patz · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  12. Song of Solomon 8:4 שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ ס she.tech.Patz · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  13. Isaiah 1:11 חָפָֽצְתִּי׃ cha.Fa.tze.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

  14. Isaiah 13:17 יַחְפְּצוּ־ yach.pe.tzu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

  15. Isaiah 42:21 חָפֵ֖ץ cha.Fetz · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

  16. Isaiah 53:10 חָפֵ֤ץ cha.Fetz · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

  17. Isaiah 55:11 חָפַ֔צְתִּי cha.Fatz.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

  18. Isaiah 56:4 חָפָ֑צְתִּי cha.Fa.tze.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:

  19. Isaiah 58:2 יֶחְפָּצ֑וּן yech.pa.Tzun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

  20. Isaiah 58:2 יֶחְפָּצֽוּן׃ yech.pa.Tzun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

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