H2654 · חָפֵץ
châphêts · khaw-fates' · delight, please, desire
H2654 (châphêts, pronounced khaw-fates') is the Hebrew word חָפֵץ in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to incline to. It appears 74 times in 70 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חָפֵץ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- châphêts
- Pronunciation
- khaw-fates'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
- Rendered in the KJV
- [idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
74 occurrences in 70 verses (73 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “delight” ×6
- “desire” ×4
- “is delighted” ×4
- “want” ×4
- “delights” ×3
- “the time is right” ×3
- “He delighted in me” ×2
- “He pleases” ×2
By book
Genesis 1 · Numbers 1 · Deuteronomy 3 · Judges 1 · Ruth 1 · 1 Samuel 3 · 2 Samuel 4 · 1 Kings 2 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Esther 5 · Job 5 · Psalms 17 · Proverbs 2 · Ecclesiastes 1 · Song of Solomon 3 · Isaiah 11 · Jeremiah 3 · Ezekiel 3 · Hosea 1 · Jonah 1 · Malachi 1
First 30 of 70 verses
- Genesis 34:19
- Numbers 14:8
- Deuteronomy 21:14
- Deuteronomy 25:7
- Deuteronomy 25:8
- Judges 13:23
- Ruth 3:13
- 1 Samuel 2:25
- 1 Samuel 18:22
- 1 Samuel 19:1
- 2 Samuel 15:26
- 2 Samuel 20:11
- 2 Samuel 22:20
- 2 Samuel 24:3
- 1 Kings 9:1
- 1 Kings 10:9
- 2 Chronicles 9:8
- Esther 2:14
- Esther 6:6
- Esther 6:7
- Esther 6:9
- Esther 6:11
- Job 9:3
- Job 13:3
- Job 21:14
- Job 33:32
- Job 40:17
- Psalms 18:19
- Psalms 22:8
- Psalms 37:23
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2654.