חָפֵץ
châphêts · khaw-fates'
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
- properly, to incline to
- by implication, (literally but rarely) to bend
- figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to speak, the word › to pursue the straight path
To separate and protect that works to speak, the word that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָפֵץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
74 occurrences · 74 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- delighteth7 · 18%
- delight3 · 8%
- which delighted2 · 5%
- till he please2 · 5%
- me, because he delighted2 · 5%
- and he delighteth2 · 5%
- delighted2 · 5%
- would1 · 3%
- but if he will1 · 3%
- were pleased1 · 3%
- him, seeing he delighted1 · 3%
- i like1 · 3%
- and i desire1 · 3%
- hath delight1 · 3%
- like1 · 3%
- if he will1 · 3%
- which he was pleased1 · 3%
- that favoureth1 · 3%
- i have no delight1 · 3%
- from us; for we desire1 · 3%
- for i desire1 · 3%
- he moveth1 · 3%
- and it shall be, if thou have no delight1 · 3%
- thou didst not desire1 · 3%
- because he had delight1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.