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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2654 - Desire

Strong's No.:H2654

Hebrew:חָפֵץ

Transliteration:châphêts

Phonetic:khaw-fates'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:X-(idiom) any at {all} ({have} take) {delight} {desire} {favour} {like} {move} be (well) {pleased} have {pleasure} {will} would.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

properly to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively to be pleased {with} desire


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with

a. (Qal)

1. of men 1a

b. to take pleasure in, delight in 1a

c. to delight, desire, be pleased to do

1. of God 1a

d. to delight in, have pleasure in 1a

e. to be pleased to do

2. to move, bend down

a. (Qal) to bend down


Bible References:
Desire

Translation
Occurrences:
all ( 1 )
delight ( 17 )
delighted ( 10 )
delighteth ( 12 )
desire ( 6 )
desired ( 1 )
desirest ( 2 )
favourest ( 1 )
favoureth ( 1 )
like ( 2 )
moveth ( 1 )
please ( 3 )
pleased ( 8 )
pleaseth ( 1 )
pleasure ( 1 )
will ( 3 )
would ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.