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Lexicon :: Strong's H2532 - ḥemdâ

Aa
חֶמְדָּה
Transliteration
ḥemdâ
Pronunciation
khem-daw'
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Part of Speech
adjective, feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 673b

Strong’s Definitions

חֶמְדָּה chemdâh, khem-daw'; feminine of H2531; delight:—desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H2532 in the following manner: pleasant (12x), desire (4x), beloved (3x), goodly (2x), precious (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H2532 in the following manner: pleasant (12x), desire (4x), beloved (3x), goodly (2x), precious (4x).
feminine noun

  1. desire, that which is desirable

    adjective

  2. pleasant, precious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶמְדָּה chemdâh, khem-daw'; feminine of H2531; delight:—desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.
STRONGS H2532: Abbreviations
† חֶמְדָּה noun feminine id. — ח׳ Hosea 13:15 + 8 times; construct חֶמְדַּת 1 Samuel 9:20 + 3 times; suffix חֶמְדָּתִי Jeremiah 12:10; חֶמְדָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 26:12; חֶמְדָּתָם Daniel 11:8; — desire of Israel 1 Samuel 9:20 followed by לְ before object of desire; בְּלֹא ח׳ = without desire 2 Chronicles 21:20 (i.e. he lived as no one desired), see Öttli Greek Version of the LXX (not LXX of Lucian (Lag.)) Vulgate; concrete: ישׂראל כלחֿ׳ 1 Samuel 9:20 and for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate RV Dr; (>AV and on whom is all the desire of Israel?); compare כלהֿגוים ובאו ח׳ Haggai 2:7 (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after construct as חֶמֶד; especially כלי ח׳ Hosea 13:15; Nahum 2:10; Jeremiah 25:34; 2 Chronicles 32:27; 36:10; Daniel 11:8; שְׂכִיּוֺת ח׳ Isaiah 2:16, אֶרֶץ ח׳ Psalm 106:24; Jeremiah 3:19; Zechariah 7:14, compare חֶלְקַת ח׳ Jeremiah 12:10; בתי ח׳ Ezekiel 26:12; נשׁים ח׳ Daniel 11:37, apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

9:20; 9:20; 9:20

2 Chronicles

21:20; 32:27; 36:10

Psalms

106:24

Isaiah

2:16

Jeremiah

3:19; 12:10; 12:10; 25:34

Ezekiel

26:12; 26:12

Daniel

11:8; 11:8; 11:37

Hosea

13:15; 13:15

Nahum

2:10

Haggai

2:7

Zechariah

7:14

H2532

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2532 matches the Hebrew חֶמְדָּה (ḥemdâ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then Rebekah H7259 took H3947 the [fn]best H2532 garments H899 of her elder H1419 son H1121 Esau H6215, which H834 were with her in the house H1004, and put H3847 them on H3847 her younger H6996 son H1121 Jacob H3290.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - “And as for your donkeys H860 that wandered H6 off H6 three H7969 days H3117 ago H3117, do not be concerned H7760 H3820 about them, for they have been found H4672. And for whom H4310 is everything H3605 that is desirable H2532 in Israel H3478? Is it not for you and for all H3605 your father’s H1 household H1004?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty-two H7970 H8147 years old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem H3389 for eight H8083 years H8141; and he departed H1980 [fn]with no H3808 one’s regret H2532, and they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732, but not in the tombs H6913 of the kings H4428.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 -

Now Hezekiah H2396 had H1961 immense H3966 riches H6239 and honor H3519; and he made H6213 for himself treasuries H214 for silver H3701, gold H2091, precious H3368 stones H68, spices H1314, shields H4043, and all H3605 kinds of valuable H2532 articles H3627,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - At the turn H8666 of the year H8141 King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 sent H7971 men and had him brought H935 to Babylon H894 with the valuable H2532 articles H3627 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and he made H4427 his relative H251 Zedekiah H6667 king H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and twenty H6242 gold H2091 bowls H3713 worth a thousand H505 [fn]darics H150, and two H8147 utensils H3627 of fine H2896 shiny H6668 bronze H5178, precious H2532 as gold H2091.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 -

Then they rejected H3988 the pleasant H2532 land H776;

They did not believe H539 His word H1697,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16 -

Against H5921 all H3605 the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659

And against H5921 all H3605 the delightful H2532 ships H7914.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 -

“Then I said H559,

‘How H349 I would set H7896 you among [fn]My sons H1121

And give H5414 you a pleasant H2532 land H776,

The most H6643 beautiful H6643 inheritance H5159 of the nations H1471!’

And I said H559, ‘You shall call H7121 Me, My Father H1,

And not turn H7725 away H7725 from following H310 Me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 -

“Many H7227 shepherds H7462 have ruined H7843 My vineyard H3754,

They have trampled H947 down H947 My field H2513;

They have made H5414 My pleasant H2532 field H2513

A desolate H8077 wilderness H4057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 -

“Wail H3213, you shepherds H7462, and cry H2199 out H2199;

Wallow H6428 in the dust, you masters H117 of the flock H6629;

For the days H3117 of your slaughter H2873 and your dispersions H8600 [fn]have come H4390,

And you will fall H5307 like a precious H2532 vessel H3627.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will take H7997 your riches H2428 as H7997 spoils H7997 and plunder H962 your merchandise H7404, tear H2040 down H2040 your walls H2346 and destroy H5422 your delightful H2532 houses H1004, and [fn]throw H7760 your stones H68, your timbers H6086, and your debris H6083 into the water H4325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8 - “And he will also H1571 take H935 into captivity H7628 to Egypt H4714 their gods H430 with their cast H5257 metal H5257 images H5257 and their precious H2532 vessels H3627 of silver H3701 and gold H2091, and he on his part H1931 will [fn]refrain H5975 from attacking the king H4428 of the North H6828 for some years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37 - “And he will show H995 no H3808 regard H995 for the [fn]gods H430 of his fathers H1 or for the [fn]desire H2532 of women H802, nor H3808 will he show H995 regard H995 for any H3605 other god H433; for he will boast H1431 against H5921 them all H3605.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 -

Though H3588 he flourishes H6509 among H996 the [fn]reeds H260,

An east H6921 wind H6921 will come H935,

The wind H7307 of the LORD H3068 coming H5927 up H5927 from the wilderness H4057;

And his fountain H4726 will become H3001 dry H3001

And his spring H4599 will dry H2717 up H2717;

It will plunder H8154 his treasury H214 of every H3605 precious H2532 article H3627.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 -

Plunder H962 the silver H3701,

Plunder H962 the gold H2091!

For there H369 is H369 no H369 end H7097 to the treasure H8499—

Wealth H3519 from every H3605 kind of desirable H2532 object H3627.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7 - ‘I will shake H7493 all H3605 the nations H1471; and [fn]they will come H935 with the wealth H2532 of all H3605 nations H1471, and I will fill H4390 this H2088 house H1004 with glory H3519,’ says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - “but I [fn]scattered H5590 them with H5590 a H5590 storm H5590 wind H5590 among H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 whom H834 they did not know H3045. So the land H776 was H8074 desolated H8074 behind H310 them [fn]so H4480 that H4480 no H4480 one went H5674 back H7725 and forth H5674, since they made H7760 the pleasant H2532 land H776 desolate H8047.”
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