H2656 חֵפֶץ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 39 KJV occurrences
חֵפֶץ
chêphets · khay'-fets
Definition
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV Renderings
acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
Derivation / Etymology
from H2654 (חָפֵץ);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 39)
- 1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- 1 Kings 5:9My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
- Job 21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
- Psalms 107:30Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- Isaiah 53:10¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?