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. Hosea 8:8 חֵ֥פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing

    Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.

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