חֵ֫פֶץ

che.phets · pleasure

Hebrew · Strong's H2656 · Noun · Sounds like: khay'-fets · 39 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חֵ֫פֶץ n.m. delight, pleasure
1. delight
2. desire, longing
3. the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh
4. that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter

Every occurrence

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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