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H2656 חֵפֶץ (chêphets) khay'-fets
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 2654; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)

KJV Usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֵ֫פֶץ (che.phets) — pleasure. 1) delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · חפץ · חֶפְצִי־בָהּ

Love

pleasure = state in which humans and deities are emotionally attached to (other) humans

JOB 21:21 · PSA 16:3 · ECC 5:3 · MAL 1:10

Love

pleasure, desire = state in which humans and deities are emotionally attached to objects

ISA 54:12 · JER 22:28 · JER 48:38 · HOS 8:8 · MAL 3:12

Wish

wish, desire, pleasure = state in which humans feel emotionally attached to a particular event

1SA 15:22 · 1SA 18:25 · 2SA 23:5 · 1KI 5:22 · 1KI 5:23 · 1KI 5:24 · 1KI 9:11 · 1KI 10:13 · 2CH 9:12 · JOB 22:3 · JOB 31:16 · PSA 1:2 · PSA 107:30 · PRO 3:15 · PRO 8:11 · PRO 31:13 · ECC 12:1 · ECC 12:10 · ISA 44:28 · ISA 46:10 · ISA 48:14 · ISA 53:10 · ISA 58:3 · ISA 58:13 · ISA 58:13

Happen

matter = an event that takes place

ECC 3:1 · ECC 3:17 · ECC 5:7 · ECC 8:6

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֵ֫פֶץ n.m. delight, pleasure delight

desire, longing

the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh

that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter

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