חָפֵץ chaphets

Hebrew word for “to delight in” · Strong’s H2654 · used 74 times in 70 verses

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Meaning

1) to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with;

Senses in the lexicon

• to delight in (73)
• to sway (1)

How it is translated

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

• delights 15
• desire 10
• delighted 7
• delight 7
• desired 6
• take pleasure 3
• desires 3
• will please 3
• pleased 3
• will desire 2
• has delighted 2
• desire ! 2

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Esther 6 (4), Psalms 51 (3), Deuteronomy 25 (2), Psalms 40 (2), Isaiah 66 (2), Ezekiel 18 (2), Genesis 34 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Deuteronomy 21 (1), Judges 13 (1)

Forms

• חפץ 28
• חפצתי 13
• יחפץ 10
• חפצת 5
• אחפץ 4
• יחפצו 3
• שׁתחפץ 3
• תחפץ 2
• יחפצון 2
• חפצנו 1

Words used with it

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

• אִם im “if” 16
• יְקָר yeqar “preciousness” 4
• קָרָא qara “to call” 8
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 6
• זֶבַח zevach “sacrifice” 5
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 8
• עוּר ur “to rouse” 4
• נִי ni “me” 7
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 6
• מָה mah “what?” 6
• מִי mi “who?” 5
• מוּת mut “to die” 6

Key verses

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

• Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
• Psalms 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Psalms 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
• Proverbs 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
• Isaiah 1:11 — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight…
• Isaiah 42:21 — The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
• 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…
• Isaiah 62:4 — Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the…
• Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s…
• Jeremiah 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto…
• Jeremiah 9:24 — But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness,…
• Ezekiel 33:11 — Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye…

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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.