חָפֵץ chaphets
Hebrew word for “delighting” · Strong’s H2655 · used 12 times in 11 verses
Meaning
desiring, delighting in, having pleasure in
How it is translated
Glosses given for chaphets in context, with how often each is used:
- desiring 3
- people desirous 3
- delighting 2
- one desiring 1
- willing 1
- desirous 1
- one desirous 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 13 (1), 1 Kings 21 (1), 1 Chronicles 28 (1), Nehemiah 1 (1), Psalms 5 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Psalms 35 (1), Psalms 40 (1), Psalms 70 (1), Micah 7 (1)
Forms
- החפץ 3
- חפץ 3
- חפצי 3
- חפצה 1
- החפצים 1
- חפצים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chaphets more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- סוּג sug “to turn” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 4
- חָפֵר chapher “be ashamed” 2
- בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 3
- כָּלַם kalam “be humiliated” 2
- אָחוֹר achor “back” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
- עַד ad “perpetuity” 2
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 2
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 3
- אֵל el “God” 2
- מִי mi “who?” 2
Key verses
The verses using chaphets that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 13:33 — After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he…
- 1 Kings 21:6 — And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give…
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
- Nehemiah 1:11 — O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and…
- Psalms 5:4 — For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
- Psalms 34:12 — What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
- Psalms 35:27 — Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the…
- Psalms 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Psalms 70:2 — Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…
- Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
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.