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Lexicon :: Strong's H2656 - ḥēp̄eṣ

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חֵפֶץ
Transliteration
ḥēp̄eṣ
Pronunciation
khay'-fets
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 712b

Strong’s Definitions

חֵפֶץ chêphets, khay'-fets; from H2654; 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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H2656 in the following manner: pleasure (16x), desire (12x), delight (3x), purpose (3x), acceptable (1x), delightsome (1x), matter (1x), pleasant (1x), willingly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H2656 in the following manner: pleasure (16x), desire (12x), delight (3x), purpose (3x), acceptable (1x), delightsome (1x), matter (1x), pleasant (1x), willingly (1x).
  1. delight, pleasure

    1. delight

    2. desire, longing

    3. the good pleasure

    4. that in which one takes delight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵפֶץ chêphets, khay'-fets; from H2654; 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.
STRONGS H2656: Abbreviations
חֵ֫פֶץ noun masculineProverbs 3:15 delight, pleasure; — ח׳ Isaiah 54:12 + 20 times; suffix חֶפְצְךָ Isaiah 58:13 etc. + 13 times suffixes; plural חֲפָצִים Proverbs 8:11; suffix חֲפָצֶיךָ Proverbs 3:15; חֲפָצֶ֖ךָ Isaiah 58:13
1. delight אבני ח׳ Isaiah 54:12 delightful stones; אֶרֶץ ח׳ Malachi 3:12 delightsome land; דִּבְּרֵי ח׳ Ecclesiastes 12:10; so perhaps also בִּגְדֵי ח׳ Ezekiel 27:20 garments of delight, i.e. of beauty and luxury (Gr; MT חֹפֶשׁ which see); with בְּ of persons Psalm 16:3; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Malachi 1:10; of things 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 18:25; Psalm 1:2; Job 21:21; Ecclesiastes 12:1; כְּלִי אֵין חֵפֶץ בּוֺ vessel wherein is no pleasure Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 48:38; Hosea 8:8; הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי Job 22:3 is it a pleasure to Shadday that ?
2. desire, longing דלים מנע מח׳ Job 31:16 withhold the poor from (their) desire; מְחוֺז חֶפְצָם the city of their desire Psalm 107:30; כל חפץ all (one's) desire 2 Samuel 23:5; 1 Kings 5:22 [1 Kings 5:8]; 1 Kings 5:23 [1 Kings 5:9]; 1 Kings 5:24 [1 Kings 5:10]; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Kings 10:13 2 Chronicles 9:12; כל חפצים all things to be desired Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 8:11.
3. the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 48:14.
4. that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter (very late, compare in Mishna=thing) בְּיָדוֺ יִצְלַח חֵפֶץ י׳ the good pleasure (cause, business) of Yahweh will prosper in his hands Isaiah 53:10; מצא ח׳ Isaiah 58:3, 13; עֲשׂוֺת חֲפָצֶךָ doing thy affairs Isaiah 58:13 (see De on the passage); בְּחֵפֶץ כַּמֶּיהָ in the business of her hands Proverbs 31:13; עֵתּ לְכָלחֵֿפֶץ time for every matter, affair Ecclesiastes 3:1, 17; Ecclesiastes 8:6; אַלֿ תִּתְּמַהּ עַלהַֿחֵפֶץ marvel not at the matter Ecclesiastes 5:7.
Note. — חפץ is not used in any of its forms in E D2 H P of the Hexateuch.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

15:22; 18:25

2 Samuel

23:5

1 Kings

5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 9:11; 10:13

2 Chronicles

9:12

Job

21:21; 22:3; 31:16

Psalms

1:2; 16:3; 107:30

Proverbs

3:15; 3:15; 3:15; 8:11; 8:11; 31:13

Ecclesiastes

3:1; 3:17; 5:3; 5:7; 8:6; 12:1; 12:10

Isaiah

44:28; 46:10; 48:14; 53:10; 54:12; 54:12; 58:3; 58:13; 58:13; 58:13; 58:13

Jeremiah

22:28; 48:38

Ezekiel

27:20

Hosea

8:8

Malachi

1:10; 3:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2656 matches the Hebrew חֵפֶץ (ḥēp̄eṣ),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - And Samuel said,

“Has Yahweh as much delight H2656 in burnt offerings and sacrifices

As in obeying the voice of Yahweh?

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

And to heed than the fat of rams.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Saul then said, “Thus you shall say to David, ‘The king does not desire H2656 any dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 -

[fn]Truly is not my house so with God?

For He has made an everlasting covenant with me,

Ordered in all things, and secured;

For all my salvation and all my desire H2656,

Will He not indeed make it grow?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you have sent me; I will do [fn]what H2656 you desire H2656 concerning the cedar and cypress timber.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - “My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place where you [fn]direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away. Then you shall accomplish my desire H2656 by giving food to my household.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So [fn]Hiram [fn]gave Solomon [fn]as much as he desired H2656 of the cedar and cypress timber.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire H2656), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 -

Thus King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire H2656 which she asked, besides what he gave her according to [fn]his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 -

Thus King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire H2656 which she asked, besides a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she turned around and went to her own land together with her servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21 -

“For what desire H2656 does he have H2656 for his household [fn]after him,

When the number of his months is cut off?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 -

“Is there any pleasure H2656 to [fn]the Almighty if you are righteous,

Or profit if you make your ways perfect?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 -

“If I have held back the poor from their desire H2656,

Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 -

But his delight H2656 is in the law of [fn]Yahweh,

And in His law he meditates day and night.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 -

As for the [fn]saints who are in the earth,

They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight H2656.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:30 -

Then they were glad because they were quiet,

So He led them to their desired H2656 haven.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:2 -

Gimel

Great are the works of Yahweh;

Daleth

They are sought by all who delight in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 -

She is more precious than [fn]pearls;

And nothing you desire H2656 compares with her.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 -

“For wisdom is better than pearls;

And all desirable H2656 things H2656 cannot compare with her.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:13 -

Daleth

She searches for wool and flax

And works with her [fn]hands [fn]in delight H2656.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 -

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every [fn]matter H2656 under heaven

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said in my heart, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every [fn]matter H2656 and for every work is there.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 -

When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight H2656 in fools. Pay what you vow!

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 -

If you see oppression of the poor and robbery of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished over the [fn]matter H2656; for a lofty one keeps watch over another lofty one, and there are loftier ones over them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - For there is a proper time and custom for every [fn]matter H2656, though a man’s trouble is multiplied upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 -

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days happen and the years draw near in which you will say, “I have no delight H2656 in them”;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The Preacher sought to find delightful H2656 words and words of truth written uprightly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 -

It is I who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd!

And all My good H2656 pleasure H2656 he will complete.’

And saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built,’

And of the temple, ‘[fn]Your foundation will be laid.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 -

Declaring the end from the beginning,

And from ancient times things which have not been done,

Saying, ‘My counsel will be established,

And I will accomplish all My good H2656 pleasure H2656’,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 -

“Assemble, all of you, and hear!

Who among them has declared these things?

Yahweh loves him; he will carry out His good H2656 pleasure H2656 on Babylon,

And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 -

But [fn]Yahweh was pleased

To crush Him, [fn]putting Him to grief;

If You would place His soul as a guilt offering,

He will see His seed,

He will prolong His days,

And the [fn]good H2656 pleasure H2656 of Yahweh will succeed in His hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12 -

“Moreover, I will make your battlements of [fn]rubies,

And your gates of [fn]crystal,

And your entire [fn]wall of [fn]precious H2656 stones.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 -

‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?

Why have we afflicted our souls and You do not know?’

Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire H2656,

And oppress all your workers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 -

“If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot

From doing your own desire H2656 on My holy day,

And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of Yahweh honorable,

And honor it, by not doing your own ways,

By not finding your own desire H2656

And speaking your own word,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 -

“Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered jar?

Or is he an undesirable H2656 vessel?

Why have he and his seed been hurled out

And cast into a land that they had not known?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - “On all the rooftops of Moab and in its open squares [fn]there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable H2656 vessel,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 -

Israel is swallowed up;

They are now among the nations

Like a vessel in which no one delights H2656.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “Oh that there were one among you who would shut the [fn]gates, that you might not light a fire on My altar in vain! I have no delight H2656 in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:12 - “So all the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful H2656 land,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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