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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 168ZMG 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 22:20Psalm 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - The young H5288 man H5288 did not delay H309 to do H6213 the thing, H1697 because H3588 he was delighted H2654 with Jacob’s H3290 daughter. H1323 Now he was more H4480 respected H3513 than H4480 all H3605 the household H1004 of his father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - “If H518 the LORD H3068 is pleased H2654 with us, then He will bring H935 us into this H2088 land H776 and give H5414 it to us—a land H776 which H834 flows H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:14 - “It shall be, if H518 you are not pleased H2654 with her, then you shall let H7971 her go H7971 [fn]wherever she wishes; H5315 but you shall certainly H4376 not sell H4376 her for money, H3701 you shall not [fn]mistreat H6014 her, because H8478 H834 you have humbled H6031 her.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if H518 the man H376 does not desire H2654 to take H3947 his brother’s H2994 wife, H2994 then his brother’s H2994 wife H2994 shall go H5927 up to the gate H8179 to the elders H2205 and say, H559 ‘My husband’s H2993 brother H2993 refuses H3985 to establish H6965 a name H8034 for his brother H251 in Israel; H3478 he is not willing H14 to perform H2992 the duty H2992 of a husband’s H2992 brother H2992 to me.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - “Then the elders H2205 of his city H5892 shall summon H7121 him and speak H1696 to him. And if he persists H5975 and says, H559 ‘I do not desire H2654 to take H3947 her,’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife H802 said H559 to him, “If H3863 the LORD H3068 had desired H2654 to kill H4191 us, He would not have accepted H3947 a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and a grain offering H4503 from our hands, H3027 nor H3808 would He have shown H7200 us all H3605 these H428 things, H428 nor H3808 would He have let us hear H8085 things like this H2088 at this time.” H6256
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - “Remain H3885 this night, H3915 and when morning H1242 comes, H1961 if H518 he will [fn]redeem H1350 you, good; H2896 let him redeem H1350 you. But if H518 he does not wish H2654 to [fn]redeem H1350 you, then I will redeem H1350 you, as the LORD H3068 lives. H2416 Lie H7901 down H7901 until H5704 morning.” H1242
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - “If H518 one man H376 sins H2398 against another, H376 God H430 will mediate H6419 for him; but if H518 a man H376 sins H2398 against the LORD, H3068 who H4310 can intercede H6419 for him?” But they would not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of their father, H1 for the LORD H3068 desired H2654 to put H4191 them to death. H4191
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul H7586 commanded H6680 his servants, H5650 “Speak H1696 to David H1732 secretly, H3909 saying, H559 ‘Behold, H2009 the king H4428 delights H2654 in you, and all H3605 his servants H5650 love H157 you; now H6258 therefore, become H2859 the king’s H4428 son-in-law.’” H2859
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan H3083 told H5046 David H1732 saying, H559 “Saul H7586 my father H1 is seeking H1245 to put H4191 you to death. H4191 Now H6258 therefore, please H4994 be on guard H8104 in the morning, H1242 and stay H3427 in a secret H5643 place H5643 and hide H2244 yourself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26 - “But if H518 He should say H559 thus, H3541 ‘I have H2654 no H3808 delight H2654 in you,’ behold, H2009 here I am, let Him do H6213 to me as seems good H2895 [fn]to Him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - Now there stood H5975 by him one H376 of Joab’s H3097 young H5288 men, H5288 and said, H559 “Whoever H4310 H834 favors H2654 Joab H3097 and whoever H4310 H834 is for David, H1732 let him follow H310 Joab.” H3097
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:20 - “He also brought H3318 me forth H3318 into a broad H4800 place; H4800
He rescued H2502 me, because H3588 He delighted H2654 in me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab H3097 said H559 to the king, H4428 “Now may the LORD H3068 your God H430 add H3254 to the people H5971 a hundred H3967 times H6471 as many as they are, while the eyes H5869 of my lord H113 the king H4428 still see; H7200 but why H4100 does my lord H113 the king H4428 delight H2654 in this H2088 thing?” H1697
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:1 - Now it came H1961 about when Solomon H8010 had finished H3615 building H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and the king’s H4428 house, H1004 and all H3605 [fn]that Solomon H8010 desired H2837 H2654 to do, H6213
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 your God H430 who H834 delighted H2654 in you to set H5414 you on the throne H3678 of Israel; H3478 because the LORD H3068 loved H157 Israel H3478 forever, H5769 therefore He made H7760 you king, H4428 to do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness.” H6666
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 your God H430 who H834 delighted H2654 in you, setting H5414 you on His throne H3678 as king H4428 for the LORD H3068 your God; H430 because your God H430 loved H157 Israel H3478 establishing H5975 them forever, H5769 therefore He made H5414 you king H4428 over H5921 them, to do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness.” H6666
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening H6153 she would go H935 in and in the morning H1242 she would return H7725 to the second H8145 harem, H1004 H802 to the [fn]custody H3027 of Shaashgaz, H8190 the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in charge H8104 of the concubines. H6370 She would not again H5750 go H935 in to the king H4428 unless H3588 H518 the king H4428 delighted H2654 in her and she was summoned H7121 by name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman H2001 came H935 in and the king H4428 said H559 to him, “What H4100 is to be done H6213 for the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 desires H2654 to honor?” H3366 And Haman H2001 said H559 [fn]to himself, H3820 “Whom H4310 would the king H4428 desire H2654 to honor H3366 more H3148 than H4480 me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - Then Haman H2001 said H559 to the king, H4428 “For the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 desires H2654 to honor, H3366
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - and let the robe H3830 and the horse H5483 be handed H3027 over H5414 to one H376 of the king’s H4428 most noble H6579 princes H8269 and let them array H3847 the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 desires H2654 to honor H3366 and lead H7392 him on horseback H5483 through the city H5892 square, H7339 and proclaim H7121 before H6440 him, ‘Thus H3602 it shall be done H6213 to the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 desires H2654 to honor.’” H3366
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman H2001 took H3947 the robe H3830 and the horse, H5483 and arrayed H3847 Mordecai, H4782 and led H7392 him on horseback through the city H5892 square, H7339 and proclaimed H7121 before H6440 him, “Thus H3602 it shall be done H6213 to the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 desires H2654 to honor.” H3366
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - “If H518 one wished H2654 to dispute H7378 with Him,
He could not answer H6030 Him once H259 in a thousand H505 times.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - “But I would speak H1696 to [fn]the Almighty, H7706
And I desire H2654 to argue H3198 with God. H410
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - “They say H559 to God, H410 ‘Depart H5493 from us!
We do not even desire H2654 the knowledge H1847 of Your ways. H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:32 - Then if H518 [fn]you have H3426 anything H4405 to say, H4405 answer H7725 me;
Speak, H1696 for I desire H2654 to justify H6663 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - “He bends H2654 his tail H2180 like H3644 a cedar; H730
The sinews H1517 of his thighs H6344 are knit H8276 together. H8276
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:19 - He brought H3318 me forth H3318 also into a broad H4800 place; H4800
He rescued H2502 me, because H3588 He delighted H2654 in me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:8 - [fn]Commit H1556 yourself to the LORD; H3068 let Him deliver H6403 him;
Let Him rescue H5337 him, because H3588 He delights H2654 in him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:23 - The steps H4703 of a man H1397 are established H3559 by the LORD, H3068
And He delights H2654 in his way. H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - [fn]Sacrifice H2077 and meal H4503 offering H4503 You have not desired; H2654
My ears H241 You have [fn]opened; H3738
Burnt H5930 offering H5930 and sin H2401 offering H2401 You have not required. H7592
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I delight H2654 to do H6213 Your will, H7522 O my God; H430
Your Law H8451 is within H8432 my heart.” H4578
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11 - By this H2088 I know H3045 that You are pleased H2654 with me,
Because H3588 my enemy H340 does not shout H7321 in triumph H7321 over H5921 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, H2005 You desire H2654 truth H571 in the [fn]innermost H2910 being, H2910
And in the hidden H5640 part H5640 You will make me know H3045 wisdom. H2451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 - For You do not delight H2654 in sacrifice, H2077 otherwise I would give H5414 it;
You are not pleased H7521 with burnt H5930 offering. H5930
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19 - Then H227 You will delight H2654 in [fn]righteous H6664 sacrifices, H2077
In burnt H5930 offering H5930 and whole H3632 burnt H3632 offering; H3632
Then H227 [fn]young H6499 bulls H6499 will be offered H5927 on Your altar. H4196
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke H1605 the beasts H2416 [fn]in the reeds, H7070
The herd H5712 of bulls H47 with the calves H5695 of the peoples, H5971
Trampling H7511 under foot H7511 the pieces H7518 of silver; H3701
He has scattered H967 the peoples H5971 who delight H2654 in war. H7128
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:25 - Whom H4310 have I in heaven H8064 but You?
And [fn]besides H5973 You, I desire H2654 nothing H3808 on earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 - He also loved H157 cursing, H7045 so it came H935 to him;
And he did not delight H2654 in blessing, H1293 so it was far H7368 from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - [fn]Praise H1984 [fn]the LORD! H3050
How blessed H835 is the man H376 who [fn]fears H3372 the LORD, H3068
Who greatly H3966 delights H2654 in His commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:3 - But our God H430 is in the heavens; H8064
He does H6213 whatever H3605 H834 He pleases. H2654
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Make me walk H1869 in the path H5410 of Your commandments, H4687
For I delight H2654 in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatever H3605 H834 the LORD H3068 pleases, H2654 He does, H6213
In heaven H8064 and in earth, H776 in the seas H3220 and in all H3605 deeps. H8415
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 - He does not delight H2654 in the strength H1369 of the horse; H5483
He does not take H7521 pleasure H7521 in the legs H7785 of a man. H376
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 - A fool H3684 does not delight H2654 in understanding, H8394
But only H518 in revealing H1540 his own [fn]mind. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 - The king’s H4428 heart H3820 is like channels H6388 of water H4325 in the hand H3027 of the LORD; H3068
He turns H5186 it wherever H5921 H3605 H834 He wishes. H2654
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - “Do not be in a hurry H926 [fn]to leave H1980 H4480 him. Do not join H5975 in an evil H7451 matter, H1697 for he will do H6213 whatever H3605 H834 he pleases.” H2654
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - [fn]I adjure H7650 you, O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem, H3389
By the gazelles H6643 or H176 by the hinds H355 of the field, H7704
That you do not arouse H5782 or awaken H5782 my love H160
Until H5704 [fn]she pleases.” H2654
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - [fn]I adjure H7650 you, O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem, H3389
By the gazelles H6643 or H176 by the hinds H355 of the field, H7704
That you will not arouse H5782 or awaken H5782 my love H160
Until H5704 [fn]she pleases.” H2654
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - [fn]I want you to swear, H7650 O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem, H3389
[fn]Do not arouse H5782 or awaken H5782 my love H160
Until H5704 [fn]she pleases.” H2654

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