H2654aVerb73 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 2 Samuel 20:11חָפֵץ
One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
- Esther 2:14חָפֵץ
She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
- Job 13:3אֶחְפָּץ
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- Psalm 18:19חָפֵץ
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- Isaiah 56:4חָפָצְתִּי
For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
- Ezekiel 18:23הֶחָפֹץ
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.