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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 [fn]this 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 - “But 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; and you certainly H4376 shall not sell H4376 her for money H3701, you shall not treat H6014 her as H6014 merchandise H6014, since H8478 H834 you have [fn]humiliated H6031 her.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if H518 the man H376 does not desire H2654 to take H3947 his brother’s H2994 widow H2994, then his brother’s H2994 widow H2994 shall go H5927 up H5927 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 H14 not willing H14 to perform H2992 the duty H2992 of H2992 a H2992 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 person H376 sins H2398 against another H376, God H430 will mediate H6419 for him; but if H518 a person 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 H4191 death H4191.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul H7586 commanded H6680 his servants H5650, “Speak H1696 to David H1732 in secret H3909, saying H559, ‘Behold H2009, the king H4428 delights H2654 in you, and all H3605 his servants H5650 love H157 you; now H6258 then, become H2859 the king’s H4428 son-in-law H2859.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan H3083 informed H5046 David H1732, saying H559, “My father H1 Saul H7586 is seeking H1245 to put H4191 you to H4191 death H4191. Now H6258 then, please H4994 be on your guard H8104 in the morning H1242, and stay H3427 in a hiding H5643 place H5643 and conceal H2244 yourself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26 - “But if H518 He says H559 this H3541: ‘I have H2654 no H3808 delight H2654 in you,’ then here H2009 I am, let Him do H6213 to me as seems good H2895 [fn]to Him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - Now one H376 of Joab’s H3097 young H5288 men H5288 stood H5975 by him and said H559, “Whoever H4310 H834 favors H2654 Joab H3097 and whoever H4310 H834 is for David H1732, follow H310 Joab H3097!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:20 -

“He also brought H3318 me out H3318 into an open 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, “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 can 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 H1961 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 put H5414 you on the throne H3678 of Israel H3478; because the LORD H3068 loves H157 Israel H3478 forever H5769, 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, He made H5414 you king H4428 over H5921 them, to carry H6213 out H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening H6153 she would enter H935 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 H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the concubines H6370. She would not go H935 in H935 to the king H4428 again H5750, unless H3588 H518 the king H4428 delighted H2654 in her and she was summoned H7121 by name H8034.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - Haman H2001 then came H935 in H935 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 H6213 H3366 more H3148 than H4480 me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - Therefore 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 - then order them to hand H5414 H3027 the robe H3830 and the horse H5483 over H5921 to one H376 of the king’s H4428 noble H6579 officials H8269, and have them dress 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, ‘So H3602 it shall be done H6213 for 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 dressed H3847 Mordecai H4782, and led H7392 him on horseback through the city H5892 square H7339, and proclaimed H7121 before H6440 him, “So H3602 it shall be done H6213 for 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 -

“Yet they say H559 to God H410, ‘Go H5493 away 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 H4405 say H4405, answer H7725 me;

Speak H1696, for I would take H2654 pleasure H2654 in justifying H6663 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 -

“He hangs H2654 his tail H2180 like H3644 a cedar H730;

The tendons H1517 of his thighs H6344 are knit H8276 together H8276.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:19 -

He also brought H3318 me out H3318 into an open H4800 place H4800;

He rescued H2502 me, because H3588 He delighted H2654 in me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:8 -

[fn]Turn H1556 [fn]him over H1556 to the LORD H3068; let Him save 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 -

You have not desired H2654 [fn]sacrifice H2077 and meal H4503 offering H4503;

You have [fn]opened H3738 my ears H241;

You have not required H7592 burnt H5930 offering H5930 and sin H2401 offering H2401.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 -

“I delight H2654 to do H6213 Your will H7522, my God H430;

Your Law H8451 is within H8432 my [fn]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 H7321 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 secret H5640 You will make wisdom H2451 known H3045 to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 -

For You do not delight H2654 in sacrifice H2077, otherwise I would give H5414 it;

You do not take H7521 pleasure H7521 in 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]bulls H6499 will be offered H5927 on Your altar H4196.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 -

Rebuke H1605 the animals H2416 [fn]in the reeds H7070,

The herd H5712 of bulls H47 with the calves H5695 of the peoples H5971,

Trampling 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 do I have in heaven H8064 but You?

And with 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 H7368 far H7368 from him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 -

[fn]Praise H1984 [fn]the LORD H3050!

Blessed H835 is a person 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 on earth H776, in the seas H3220 and in all H3605 the ocean H8415 depths H8415.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 -

He does not delight H2654 in [fn]the strength H1369 of the horse H5483;

He does not take H7521 pleasure H7521 in the [fn]legs H7785 of a man H376.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 -

A fool H3684 does not delight H2654 in understanding H8394,

But 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 pleases H2654.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - “Do not be H926 in H926 a H926 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 -

The Groom

“Swear H7650 to me, you daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389,

By the gazelles H6643 or H176 by the does H355 of the field H7704,

That you will not disturb H5782 or awaken H5782 my love H160

Until H5704 she pleases H2654.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 -

The Groom

“Swear H7650 to me, you daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389,

By the gazelles H6643 or H176 by the does H355 of the field H7704,

That you will not disturb H5782 or awaken H5782 my love H160

Until H5704 she pleases H2654.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 -

The Groom

“Swear H7650 to me, you daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389:

[fn]Do not disturb H5782 or awaken H5782 my love H160

Until H5704 she pleases H2654.”


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