TBESH · H2530A
חָמַד · cha.mad · to desire
v 1) to desire, covet, take pleasure in, delight in 1a) (Qal) to desire 1b) (Niphal) to be desirable 1c) (Piel) to delight greatly, desire greatly
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cha.mad H2530
חָמַד (cha.mad) means “to desire” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חָמַד Hebrew · H2530 25 tagged occurrences in 24 verses
Pronunciation guide: khaw-mad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H2530B
חֲמוּדָה · cha.mu.dah · precious thing
desirableness, preciousness
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to delight in
KJV glosses: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
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How translators render H2530
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| covet | 4 |
| and the things they treasure | 1 |
| as precious as | 1 |
| chose | 1 |
| delight | 1 |
| desirable | 1 |
| desire | 1 |
| highly precious | 1 |
| i coveted them | 1 |
| i delight | 1 |
| in which you have delighted | 1 |
| lust | 1 |
| precious | 1 |
| that is pleasing | 1 |
| that we should desire him | 1 |
| they are more precious | 1 |
| they covet | 1 |
| what he holds dear | 1 |
| will covet | 1 |
| with his treasure | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| desireth | 2 |
| thou shalt not covet | 2 |
| to be desired | 2 |
| and their delectable things | 1 |
| and they covet | 1 |
| delight | 1 |
| desire | 1 |
| lust | 1 |
| more to be desired | 1 |
| neither shalt thou desire | 1 |
| of that which he desired | 1 |
| that is pleasant | 1 |
| that we should desire | 1 |
| then i coveted | 1 |
| thou makest his beauty | 1 |
| thou shalt not desire | 1 |
| which ye have desired | 1 |
| with great delight | 1 |
Verses containing H2530
Page 1 of 1. 24 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 2:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Read word by word - Genesis 3:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Read word by word - Exodus 20:17
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Read word by word - Exodus 34:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 5:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 7:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Joshua 7:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 20:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
Read word by word - Ezra 8:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
Read word by word - Job 20:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
Read word by word - Psalms 19:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.11
- Psalms 39:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.12
- Psalms 68:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.17
- Proverbs 1:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Read word by word - Proverbs 6:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
Read word by word - Proverbs 12:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Read word by word - Proverbs 21:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 2:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Read word by word - Isaiah 1:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
Read word by word - Isaiah 53:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
Read word by word - Daniel 11:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
Read word by word - Daniel 11:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
Read word by word - Micah 2:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
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