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. Jeremiah 22:28 חֵ֖פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing

    Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?

  2. Jeremiah 48:38 חֵ֥פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing

    On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.

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