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Lexicon :: Strong's H2532 - ḥemdâ

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חֶמְדָּה
Transliteration
ḥemdâ
Pronunciation
khem-daw'
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Part of Speech
adjective, feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Box Gen 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - “But as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be anxious about them, for they have been found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you and on all your father’s house?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty-two years old when he became king. He reigned in Jerusalem eight years and, to no one’s sorrow, departed. However they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable items;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim’s[fn] brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 - Then they despised the pleasant land;
They did not believe His word,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16 - Upon all the ships of Tarshish,
And upon all the beautiful sloops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 - “But I said:

‘How can I put you among the children
And give you a pleasant land,
A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’
“And I said:

‘You shall call Me, “My Father,”
And not turn away from Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - “Many rulers[fn] have destroyed My vineyard,
They have trodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - “Wail, shepherds, and cry!
Roll about in the ashes,
You leaders of the flock!
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled;
You shall fall like a precious vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - ‘They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8 - “And he shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their princes[fn] and their precious articles of silver and gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the North.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37 - “He shall regard neither the God[fn] of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
An east wind shall come;
The wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - Take spoil of silver!
Take spoil of gold!
There is no end of treasure,
Or wealth of every desirable prize.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7 - ‘and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations,[fn] and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - “But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
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