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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“Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall…”