Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H2656: חֵפֶץ (chêphets) Definition

Strong's number
H2656
Lemma
חֵפֶץ
Transliteration
chêphets
Pronunciation
khay'-fets
Strong's definition
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind) acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly. from H2654 (חָפֵץ);

38 instances of the word חֵפֶץ chêphets (H2656)


  • Isaiah 53:10 - of the LORD Yet it pleased to bruise him he hath put him to grief when thou shalt make an offering for sin his soul he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the LORD in his hand shall prosper

  • Isaiah 54:12 - And I will make of agates thy windows and thy gates of carbuncles and all thy borders of carbuncles of pleasant

  • Isaiah 58:3 - Wherefore have we fasted say they and thou seest not wherefore have we afflicted our soul and thou takest no knowledge Behold in the day of your fast ye find pleasure all your labours and exact

  • Isaiah 58:13 - If thou turn away from the sabbath thy foot from doing thine own pleasure day on my holy and call from the sabbath a delight the holy of the LORD and shalt honour and shalt honour from doing thine own ways nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words

  • Jeremiah 22:28 - idol a despised broken Is this man Coniah is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure and are cast he and his seed wherefore are they cast out into a land which they know

  • Jeremiah 48:38 - generally upon all the housetops Moab and in the streets There shall be lamentation thereof for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure saith the LORD

  • Job 21:21 - For what pleasure hath he in his house after him when the number of his months is cut off in the midst

  • Job 22:3 - Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous or is it gain perfect to him that thou makest thy ways

  • Job 31:16 - If I have withheld from their desire the poor or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail

  • Malachi 1:10 - Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought I have no pleasure in you saith the LORD of hosts an offering neither will I accept at your hand

  • Malachi 3:12 - shall call you blessed And all nations land for ye shall be a delightsome saith the LORD of hosts

  • Proverbs 3:15 - She is more precious than rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared

  • Proverbs 8:11 - is better For wisdom than rubies and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared

  • Proverbs 31:13 - She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands

  • Psalms 1:2 - and in his law of the LORD But his delight and in his law doth he meditate day and night

  • Psalms 16:3 - But to the saints are in the earth that and to the excellent in whom is all my delight

  • Psalms 107:30 - Then are they glad because they be quiet so he bringeth haven them unto their desired

  • Psalms 111:2 - are great The works of the LORD sought out of all them that have pleasure