חֵפֶץ
chêphets(khay'-fets)
“pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)”
39 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
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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“( Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.”