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Lexicon :: Strong's H2654 - ḥāp̄ēṣ

Aa
חָפֵץ
Transliteration
ḥāp̄ēṣ
Pronunciation
khaw-fates'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 712,713

Strong’s Definitions

חָפֵץ châphêts, khaw-fates'; a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire:—× any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x

The KJV translates Strong's H2654 in the following manner: delight (39x), please (14x), desire (9x), will (3x), pleasure (3x), favour (2x), like (2x), moveth (1x), would (1x), at all (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x
The KJV translates Strong's H2654 in the following manner: delight (39x), please (14x), desire (9x), will (3x), pleasure (3x), favour (2x), like (2x), moveth (1x), would (1x), at all (1x).

  1. to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with

    1. (Qal)

      1. of men

        1. to take pleasure in, delight in

        2. to delight, desire, be pleased to do

      2. of God

        1. to delight in, have pleasure in

        2. to be pleased to do

  2. to move, bend down

    1. (Qal) to bend down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָפֵץ châphêts, khaw-fates'; a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire:—× any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
STRONGS H2654: Abbreviations
† חָפֵץ verb delight in (compare Arabic حَغِظَ be mindful of, attentive to, keep, protect, Aramaic Jpo whence jycpo eager, zealous, Arabic حَغِيظَةً anger (excitement), احْغَظَ enrage (Aramaic and Arabic of excited attention, Hebrew of delighted attention), DlPr 168 NöZMG 1886, 742; Late Hebrew חֵפֶץ weakened to thing, see DeEc. Glossary, Phoenician in proper name חפצבעל); —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Genesis 34:19 + 28 times; feminine הָפֵ֑צָה Isaiah 66:3?; 2nd person masculine חָפַצְתָּ Deuteronomy 21:14 + 4 times; חָפָ֫צְנוּ Job 21:14, etc., + 14 times Perfect; Imperfect יַחְפֹּץ Deuteronomy 25:7 + 7 times; יֶחְפָּ֑ץ Psalm 37:23; Psalm 147:10; plural יַחְפְּצוּ Isaiah 13:17; Jeremiah 6:10; יֶחְפָּ֑צוּ Psalm 68:31; יֶחְפָּצוּ֑ן Isaiah 58:2 (twice in verse) etc. + 9 times Imperfect; Infinitive absolute חָפֹץ Ezekiel 18:23; on Participle חָפֵץ＝adjective verb., see below; —
1. of men:
a. take pleasure in, delight in, with בְּ, a woman Genesis 34:19 (J), Deuteronomy 21:14; Esther 2:14; a man 1 Samuel 18:22; 1 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 20:11; in matters and things 2 Samuel 24:3; Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 6:10; Psalm 109:17; Psalm 112:1; Psalm 119:35; Proverbs 18:2; Esther 6:6, 7, 9 (twice in verse); Esther 6:11; with accusative Psalm 68:31; Isaiah 58:2; Ecclesiastes 8:3; implicit object Psalm 73:25.
b. delight, desire, be pleased to do a thing, would do it Deuteronomy 25:7, 8; 1 Kings 9:1; Esther 6:6; Ruth 3:13; Psalm 40:9; Job 9:3; Job 13:3; Job 21:14; Job 33:32; Isaiah 58:2; Jeremiah 42:22.
c. absolute שֶׁתֶּחְפָּ֑ץ עַד until it please (of love) Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5; Songs 8:4.
2. of God:
a. delight in, have pleasure in, with בְּ, persons Numbers 14:8 (J), 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Samuel 22:20＝Psalm 18:20, 1 Kings 10:9 2 Chronicles 9:8; Psalm 22:9; Psalm 41:12; Isaiah 62:4; not in the strength of a horse Psalm 147:10; in doing evil Malachi 2:17; in the death of the sinner Ezekiel 18:32; Ezekiel 33:11; but in mercy, justice, and righteousness Jeremiah 9:23; בחר באשׁר (לא) חפצתי Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; not with (accusative) the blood of bullocks Isaiah 1:11; זבח(ים); Psalm 40:7; Psalm 51:18, Psalm 51:21, or the death of the sinner Ezekiel 18:23 (twice in verse); but with חסד Hosea 6:6; Micah 7:18, אמת Psalm 51:8; with the way of a man Psalm 37:23; כל אשׁר חפץ Psalm 115:3; Psalm 135:6; Proverbs 21:1; אשׁר חפץ Isaiah 55:11; Jonah 1:14.
b. pleased to do a thing with infinitive Judges 13:23; 1 Samuel 2:25; Isaiah 53:10.
c. with imperfect subject (Ges§ 142 (3) c) חָפֵץ יגדיל תּורה י׳ Yahweh was pleased to magnify teaching Isaiah 42:21. — On Job 40:17 see חָפַץ.

† [חָפַץ] verb bend down (Arabic خَغَضَ lower, depress, as wings Qor 15:88) — only
Qal Imperfect כְמוֺאֶֿרֶז זְנָבוֺ יַחְפֹּץ Job 40:17; he bendeth down (extendeth down stiffly) his tail like a cedar, see Wetzst in DeJob 526 HiHiob 299.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:19; 34:19

Numbers

14:8

Deuteronomy

21:14; 21:14; 25:7; 25:7; 25:8

Judges

13:23

Ruth

3:13

1 Samuel

2:25; 18:22; 19:1

2 Samuel

15:26; 20:11; 22:20; 24:3

1 Kings

9:1; 10:9

2 Chronicles

9:8

Esther

2:14; 6:6; 6:6; 6:7; 6:9; 6:11

Job

9:3; 13:3; 21:14; 21:14; 33:32; 40:17; 40:17

Psalms

18:20; 22:9; 37:23; 37:23; 40:7; 40:9; 41:12; 51:8; 51:18; 68:31; 68:31; 73:25; 109:17; 112:1; 115:3; 119:35; 135:6; 147:10; 147:10

Proverbs

18:2; 21:1

Ecclesiastes

8:3

Song of Songs

2:7; 3:5; 8:4

Isaiah

1:11; 13:17; 13:17; 42:21; 53:10; 55:11; 56:4; 58:2; 58:2; 58:2; 62:4; 65:12; 66:3; 66:3; 66:4

Jeremiah

6:10; 6:10; 9:23; 42:22

Ezekiel

18:23; 18:23; 18:32; 33:11

Hosea

6:6

Jonah

1:14

Micah

7:18

Malachi

2:17

H2654

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Strong's Number H2654 matches the Hebrew חָפֵץ (ḥāp̄ēṣ),
which occurs 75 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 34:19–Sng 8:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:14 - But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Take your rest here tonight; and in the morning, if he will do for you what it is right for a relation to do, very well, let him do so: but if he will not, then by the living Lord I myself will do so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26 - But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:20 - He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:1 - Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:32 - If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:19 - He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:8 - He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:23 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11 - By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 - You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19 - Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:25 - Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 - As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:3 - But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 - He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 - A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 - The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

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