Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2655: חָפֵץ

châphêts · pronounced khaw-fates' · “delighting”

Definition

pleased with

KJV translates it as: delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.

Word origin: from H2654 (חָפֵץ);

Extended definition

desiring, delighting in, having pleasure in

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2655 is translated

  • the people desirous of ×3
  • desiring ×2
  • one desiring ×1
  • are desiring ×1
  • willing ×1
  • delighting ×1
  • desirous of ×1
  • is one desirous of ×1
  • are delighting ×1

Bible verses with H2655 (châphêts)

Châphêts appears in 11 verses.

  • 1 Kings 13:33

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

  • 1 Kings 21:6

    And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  • Nehemiah 1:11

    O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

  • Psalms 5:4

    For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

  • Psalms 34:12

    What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

  • Psalms 35:27

    Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

  • Psalms 40:14

    Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

  • Psalms 70:2

    Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

  • Micah 7:18

    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

  • Malachi 3:1

    Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.