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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Esau H6215 her elder H1419 son, H1121 which H834 were with her in the house, H1004 and put H3847 them on Jacob H3290 her younger H6996 son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - “As for your donkeys H860 which were lost H6 three H7969 days H3117 ago, H3117 do not set H7760 your mind H3820 on them, for they have been found. H4672 And for whom H4310 is all 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 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 - At the turn H8666 of the year H8141 King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 sent H7971 and brought H935 him to Babylon H894 with the valuable H2532 articles H3627 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and he made H4427 his kinsman H251 Zedekiah H6667 king H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and 20 H6242 gold H2091 bowls H3713 worth 1,000 H505 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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 - Then they despised H3988 the pleasant H2532 land; H776
They did not believe H539 in His word, H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16 - Against H5921 all H3605 the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659
And against H5921 all H3605 the beautiful H2532 craft. H7914

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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 H6635 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
And wallow H6428 in ashes, 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 choice H2532 vessel. H3627

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will make H7997 a spoil H7997 of your riches H2428 and a prey H962 of your merchandise, H7404 break H2040 down H2040 your walls H2346 and destroy H5422 your pleasant H2532 houses, H1004 and [fn]throw H7760 your stones H68 and 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 - “Also H1571 their gods H430 with their [fn]metal H5257 images H5257 and their precious H2532 vessels H3627 of silver H3701 and gold H2091 he will take H935 into captivity H7628 to Egypt, H4714 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 - “He will show H995 no H3808 regard H995 for the [fn]gods H430 of his fathers H1 or for the desire H2532 of women, H802 nor H3808 will he show H995 regard H995 for any H3605 other god; H433 for he will magnify H1431 himself above H5921 them all. H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though H3558 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 from the wilderness; H4057
And his fountain H4726 will become H954 dry H954
And his spring H4599 will be dried H2717 up;
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 no H369 limit 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 hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14

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