חֵפֶץ
chêphets(khay'-fets)
“pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
Translated in KJV as
acceptabledelight(-some)desirethings desiredmatterpleasant(-ure)purposewillingly.
Etymology
from H2654 (חָפֵץ);
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“And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her serva…”