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)
Every occurrence
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Ecclesiastes 3:17 חֵ֔פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
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Ecclesiastes 5:4 חֵ֖פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8 הַחֵ֑פֶץ ha.Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
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Ecclesiastes 8:6 חֵ֔פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
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Ecclesiastes 12:1 חֵֽפֶץ׃ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
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Ecclesiastes 12:10 חֵ֑פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.
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Isaiah 44:28 חֶפְצִ֖י chef.Tzi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
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Isaiah 46:10 חֶפְצִ֖י chef.Tzi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
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Isaiah 48:14 חֶפְצוֹ֙ chef.Tzo · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word
Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
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Isaiah 53:10 וְחֵ֥פֶץ ve.Che.fetz · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word
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.
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Isaiah 54:12 חֵֽפֶץ׃ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.
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Isaiah 58:3 חֵ֔פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.
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Isaiah 58:13 חֲפָצֶ֖יךָ cha.fa.Tzei.kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
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Isaiah 58:13 חֶפְצְךָ֖ chef.tze.Kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
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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?
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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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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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Malachi 1:10 חֵ֜פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
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Malachi 3:12 חֵ֔פֶץ Che.fetz · A person, place or thing
And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.