חֶמְדָּה chemdah

Hebrew word for “desire” · Strong’s H2532 · used 21 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

desire, that which is desirable

Senses in the lexicon

• desire (16)
• desirable thing (5)

How it is translated

Glosses given for chemdah in context, with how often each is used:

• desire 10
• preciousness 4
• desirablenesses 2
• preciousnesses 2
• desirable thing 1
• precious thing 1
• precious 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 10 (3), Daniel 11 (2), Genesis 27 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1), 2 Chronicles 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1), 2 Chronicles 36 (1), Psalms 106 (1), Isaiah 2 (1), Jeremiah 3 (1)

Forms

• חמדה 8
• חמדת 4
• חמדות 3
• החמדה 1
• חמדתי 1
• חמדתך 1
• חמדתם 1
• החמדת 1
• חמודות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chemdah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 6
• בִּין bin “to understand” 3
• כָּבוֹד kavod “glory” 3
• מָלֵא male “to fill” 3
• עִם im “with” 4
• בָּזַז bazaz “to plunder” 2
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 3
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 3
• אוֹצָר otsar “treasure” 2
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 3
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 3

Key verses

The verses using chemdah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Chronicles 36:10 — And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his…
• Psalms 106:24 — Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
• Jeremiah 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me,…
• Jeremiah 12:10 — Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
• Jeremiah 25:34 — Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are…
• Ezekiel 26:12 — And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they…
• Daniel 10:11 — And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he…
• Daniel 10:19 — And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my…
• Daniel 11:8 — And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more…
• Hosea 13:15 — Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and…
• Haggai 2:7 — And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Zechariah 7:14 — But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned:…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.