TBESH · H2656
חֵ֫פֶץ · che.phets · pleasure
1) delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight
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che.phets H2656
חֵ֫פֶץ (che.phets) means “pleasure” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חֵ֫פֶץ Hebrew · H2656 39 tagged occurrences in 38 verses
Pronunciation guide: khay'-fets Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H2654 (חָפֵץ); pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV glosses: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
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How translators render H2656
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 |
|---|---|
| pleasure | 3 |
| you desire | 3 |
| as you please | 2 |
| desire | 2 |
| purpose | 2 |
| she desired | 2 |
| activity | 1 |
| and the good pleasure | 1 |
| delight | 1 |
| delightful | 1 |
| desires | 1 |
| does he care | 1 |
| does it delight | 1 |
| he wanted | 1 |
| his delight | 1 |
| his desire | 1 |
| like an unwanted | 1 |
| my delight | 1 |
| my good pleasure | 1 |
| my needs | 1 |
| of delight | 1 |
| of precious | 1 |
| one wants | 1 |
| that i desire | 1 |
| the desires | 1 |
| the matter | 1 |
| they desired | 1 |
| who delight in them | 1 |
| with eager | 1 |
| your own pleasure | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| no pleasure | 4 |
| all her desire | 2 |
| all my pleasure | 2 |
| desire | 2 |
| i have no pleasure | 2 |
| acceptable | 1 |
| according to all his desire | 1 |
| all his desire | 1 |
| all my delight | 1 |
| all thy desire | 1 |
| and all the things that may be desired | 1 |
| and all the things thou canst desire | 1 |
| and the pleasure | 1 |
| any pleasure | 1 |
| because to every purpose | 1 |
| but his delight | 1 |
| delight | 1 |
| desireth | 1 |
| for what pleasure | 1 |
| for ye shall be a delightsome | 1 |
| his pleasure | 1 |
| my desire | 1 |
| not at the matter | 1 |
| of all them that have pleasure | 1 |
| of pleasant | 1 |
| pleasure | 1 |
| them unto their desired | 1 |
| there for every purpose | 1 |
| thine own pleasure | 1 |
| thy pleasure | 1 |
| to every purpose | 1 |
| willingly | 1 |
Verses containing H2656
Page 1 of 1. 38 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- 1 Samuel 15:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 18:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 23:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
Read word by word - 1 Kings 5:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.22
- 1 Kings 5:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.23
- 1 Kings 5:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.24
- 1 Kings 9:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 10:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 9:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
Read word by word - Job 21:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Read word by word - Job 22:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
Read word by word - Job 31:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
Read word by word - Psalms 1:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
Read word by word - Psalms 16:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
Read word by word - Psalms 107:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.
Read word by word - Psalms 111:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Read word by word - Proverbs 3:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Read word by word - Proverbs 8:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
Read word by word - Proverbs 31:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 3:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 3:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 5:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.3
- Ecclesiastes 5:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.7
- Ecclesiastes 8:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 12:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 12:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
Read word by word - Isaiah 46:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Read word by word - Isaiah 48:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
Read word by word - Isaiah 53:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
Read word by word - Isaiah 54:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:13
· BSB · 2 occurrences
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
Read word by word - Jeremiah 22:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Hosea 8:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
Read word by word - Malachi 1:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Read word by word - Malachi 3:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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