Hebrew word study

חָמַדchâmad — to delight in

Pronounced “khaw-mad'”

to delight in

Translated in the King James as: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).

Appears 23 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×

Genesis 2:9 Genesis 3:6

Exodus — 3×

Exodus 20:17 Exodus 34:24+ 1 more in Exodus

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 5:21 Deuteronomy 7:25

Joshua — 1×

Joshua 7:21

Ezra — 1×

Ezra 8:27

Job — 1×

Job 20:20

Psalms — 3×

Psalms 19:10 Psalms 39:11 Psalms 68:16

Proverbs — 4×

Proverbs 1:22 Proverbs 6:25 Proverbs 12:12 Proverbs 21:20

Song of Solomon — 1×

Song 2:3

Isaiah — 3×

Isaiah 1:29 Isaiah 44:9 Isaiah 53:2

Daniel — 1×

Daniel 9:23

Micah — 1×

Micah 2:2

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.