חֵ֫פֶץ

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from חָפֵץ; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind); acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Samuel 15:22 הַחֵ֤פֶץ ha.Che.fetz · A person, place or thing

   And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

2. 1 Samuel 18:25 חֵ֤פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing

   And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

3. 2 Samuel 23:5 חֵ֖פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing

   Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all my desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.

4. 1 Kings 5:8 חֶפְצְךָ֔ chef.tze.Kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which thou hast sent unto me: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

5. 1 Kings 5:9 חֶפְצִ֔י chef.Tzi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

6. 1 Kings 5:10 חֶפְצֽוֹ׃ chef.Tzo · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.

7. 1 Kings 9:11 חֶפְצ֑וֹ chef.Tzo · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

8. 1 Kings 10:13 חֶפְצָהּ֙ chef.Tzah · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

9. 2 Chronicles 9:12 חֶפְצָהּ֙ chef.Tzah · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

10. Job 21:21 חֶפְצ֣וֹ chef.Tzo · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

11. Job 22:3 הַחֵ֣פֶץ ha.Che.fetz · A person, place or thing

    Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

12. Job 31:16 מֵחֵ֣פֶץ me.Che.fetz · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

13. Psalms 1:2 חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹ chef.Tzo · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

14. Psalms 16:3 חֶפְצִי־ chef.tzi- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

15. Psalms 107:30 חֶפְצָֽם׃ chef.Tzam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

16. Psalms 111:2 חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃ chef.tzei.Hem · Describes something

    The works of Jehovah are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

17. Proverbs 3:15 חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָ cha.fa.Tzei.kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

18. Proverbs 8:11 חֲ֝פָצִ֗ים cha.fa.Tzim · A person, place or thing

    For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

19. Proverbs 31:13 בְּחֵ֣פֶץ be.Che.fetz · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

20. Ecclesiastes 3:1 חֵ֖פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing

    For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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