H2532 - חֶמְדָּה (chemdâh)

H2532 חֶמְדָּה (chemdâh) khem-daw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

delight

Derivation: feminine of H2531 (חֶמֶד);

KJV Usage: desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.

TWOT Reference: 673b

Outline of Biblical Usage

n f

1) desire, that which is desirable

adj

2) pleasant, precious

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1588 G1868

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֶמְדָּה chemdâh BDB Definition: 1) desire, that which is desirable (noun feminine) 2) pleasant, precious (adjective) Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2531 Same Word by TWOT Number: 673b Total KJV Occurrences: 17

Bible Occurrences (23)

27:15

9:20

20:25 21:20 32:27 36:10

106:24

2:16

3:19 12:10 25:34

26:12

10:3 10:11 10:19 11:8 11:37 11:38 11:43

13:15

2:9

2:7

7:14

Genesis 27:15

And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob -.

1 Samuel 9:20

As for the donkeys you lost... three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom [is] all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?

2 Chronicles 20:25

Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables... more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much....

2 Chronicles 21:20

Jehoram was thirty-two... years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 32:27

Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring..., King Nebuchadnezzar summoned [Jehoiachin] and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:16

against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

Jeremiah 3:19

Then I said, How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations! I thought you would call Me... Father’ and never turn away from following Me.