חָפֵץ (cha.phets) means “to delight in” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khaw-fates' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חָפֵץ · cha.phets · to delight in
1) to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with 1a) (Qal) 1a1) of men 1a1a) to take pleasure in, delight in 1a1b) to delight, desire, be pleased to do 1a2) of God 1a2a) to delight in, have pleasure in 1a2b) to be pleased to do
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חָפַץ · ch.ph · to sway
1) to move, bend down 1a) (Qal) to bend down
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a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV glosses: [idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
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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 |
|---|---|
| delight | 6 |
| desire | 4 |
| is delighted | 4 |
| want | 4 |
| delights | 3 |
| he pleases | 3 |
| pleasure | 3 |
| the time is right | 3 |
| delighted | 2 |
| has delighted | 2 |
| he delighted | 2 |
| i delight | 2 |
| i desire | 2 |
| you desire | 2 |
| and delight | 1 |
| and delighted | 1 |
| be delighted | 1 |
| do i take any pleasure in | 1 |
| favors | 1 |
| had intended | 1 |
| he delights | 1 |
| he was delighted | 1 |
| i find delight | 1 |
| i please | 1 |
| i take no delight | 1 |
| i would like | 1 |
| intended | 1 |
| is pleased | 1 |
| one wished | 1 |
| pleased | 1 |
| pleases him | 1 |
| pleases me | 1 |
| sways | 1 |
| they delight | 1 |
| to delight | 1 |
| to do | 1 |
| wants | 1 |
| was pleased | 1 |
| who delight | 1 |
| who takes delight | 1 |
| will | 1 |
| will take delight | 1 |
| you delight | 1 |
| you pleased | 1 |
| you will delight | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| delighteth | 8 |
| delight | 4 |
| and he delighteth | 2 |
| delighted | 2 |
| i delight | 2 |
| me because he delighted | 2 |
| till he please | 2 |
| which delighted | 2 |
| and delight | 1 |
| and i delight | 1 |
| and i desire | 1 |
| and it shall be if thou have no delight | 1 |
| as it pleased | 1 |
| at all | 1 |
| because he delighteth | 1 |
| because he had delight | 1 |
| behold thou desirest | 1 |
| but if he will | 1 |
| for i desire | 1 |
| for i desired | 1 |
| for i have no pleasure | 1 |
| for therein do i delight | 1 |
| for thou desirest | 1 |
| from us for we desire | 1 |
| hath delight | 1 |
| hath no delight | 1 |
| have i any pleasure | 1 |
| he delighteth | 1 |
| he moveth | 1 |
| him seeing he delighted | 1 |
| i desire | 1 |
| i have no delight | 1 |
| i have no pleasure | 1 |
| i like | 1 |
| if he will | 1 |
| in which i delighted | 1 |
| is well pleased | 1 |
| it whithersoever he will | 1 |
| like | 1 |
| pleased | 1 |
| that favoureth | 1 |
| that please | 1 |
| that thou favourest | 1 |
| that which i please | 1 |
| then shalt thou be pleased | 1 |
| they have no delight | 1 |
| they shall not delight | 1 |
| they take delight | 1 |
| thou didst not desire | 1 |
| until he please | 1 |
| unto him as he delighted | 1 |
| were pleased | 1 |
| whatsoever he hath pleased | 1 |
| whatsoever pleaseth | 1 |
| wherein i delighted | 1 |
| which he was pleased | 1 |
| whither ye desire | 1 |
| would | 1 |
| yet it pleased | 1 |
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The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
Read word by wordIf the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
Read word by wordAnd if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
Read word by wordBut if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
Read word by wordThen the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
Read word by wordBut his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
Read word by wordStay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
Read word by wordIf a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
Read word by wordThen Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
Read word by wordThen Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
Read word by wordBut if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
Read word by wordOne of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
Read word by wordHe brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Read word by wordBut Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
Read word by wordNow when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,
Read word by wordBlessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
Read word by wordBlessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
Read word by wordShe would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
Read word by wordHaman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
Read word by wordAnd Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
Read word by wordLet the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
Read word by wordSo Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
Read word by wordIf one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Read word by wordYet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
Read word by wordYet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Read word by wordBut if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
Read word by wordHis tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
Read word by wordHe brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.20
“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.9
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
Read word by wordSacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.7
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.9
By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.12
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 51.8
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 51.18
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 51.21
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.31
Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
Read word by wordThe cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
Read word by wordHallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
Read word by wordOur God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
Read word by wordDirect me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Read word by wordThe LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
Read word by wordHe does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Read word by wordA fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
Read word by wordThe king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
Read word by wordDo not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Read word by wordO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Read word by wordO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Read word by wordO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
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