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Hebrew word study

חֵפֶץchêphets — pleasure

Pronounced “khay'-fets”

pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)

Translated in the King James as: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.

Appears 39 times in Scripture

Origin: from H2654 (חָפֵץ);

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Where it appears

1 Samuel — 2×
1 Sam 15:221 Sam 18:25
2 Samuel — 1×
2 Sam 23:5
1 Kings — 5×
1 Ki 5:81 Ki 5:91 Ki 5:101 Ki 9:111 Ki 10:13
2 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chr 9:12
Job — 3×
Job 21:21Job 22:3Job 31:16
Psalms — 4×
Psalms 1:2Psalms 16:3Psalms 107:30Psalms 111:2
Proverbs — 3×
Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 8:11Proverbs 31:13
Ecclesiastes — 7×
Eccles 3:1Eccles 3:17Eccles 5:4Eccles 5:8Eccles 8:6Eccles 12:1Eccles 12:10
Isaiah — 8×
Isaiah 44:28Isaiah 46:10Isaiah 48:14Isaiah 53:10Isaiah 54:12Isaiah 58:3Isaiah 58:13+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 2×
Jeremiah 22:28Jeremiah 48:38
Hosea — 1×
Hosea 8:8
Malachi — 2×
Malachi 1:10Malachi 3:12

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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.