חָפֵץ
châphêts · khaw-fates'
pleased with
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2654 (חָפֵץ);
pleased with
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- whosoever would1 · 9%
- or else, if it please1 · 9%
- and with a willing1 · 9%
- who desire1 · 9%
- that hath pleasure1 · 9%
- is he that desireth1 · 9%
- that favour1 · 9%
- which hath pleasure1 · 9%
- that wish1 · 9%
- that desire1 · 9%
- whom ye delight1 · 9%
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.