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Lexicon :: Strong's H2531 - ḥemeḏ

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חֶמֶד
Transliteration
ḥemeḏ
Pronunciation
kheh'-med
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 673a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶמֶד chemed, kheh'-med; from H2530; delight:—desirable, pleasant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H2531 in the following manner: desirable (3x), pleasant (2x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2531 in the following manner: desirable (3x), pleasant (2x), variant (1x).

  1. desire, delight, beauty, desirable, pleasant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶמֶד chemed, kheh'-med; from H2530; delight:—desirable, pleasant.
STRONGS H2531: Abbreviations
† חֶ֫מֶד noun [masculine] desire, delight — absolute ח׳ Amos 5:11+ 4 times; only after a construct; נְטַעְתֶּם כַּרְמֵיחֿ׳ Amos 5:11vineyards of desire (i.e. delightful vineyards) have ye planted; so read also Isaiah 27:2 (for MT כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר) Manuscripts HCT Greek Version of the LXX van d. H. Lo Hi Ew De Di Che Du; so of fields שְׁדֵי ח׳ Isaiah 32:12; elsewhere of young men בַּחוּרֵי ח׳ Ezekiel 23:6, 12, 23 desirable young men = fine, attractive, young men.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

27:2; 32:12

Ezekiel

23:6; 23:12; 23:23

Amos

5:11; 5:11

H2531

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2531 matches the Hebrew חֶמֶד (ḥemeḏ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:2 - In that day— “Sing about a fruitful vineyard:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:12 - Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, all of them governors and commanders, chariot officers and men of high rank, all mounted on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
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