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Strong's numbers

חֵפֶץ (H2656)

chêphets

khay'-fets

from חָפֵץ; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind); acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

חֵ֫פֶץ n.m. delight, pleasure
1 delight
2 desire, longing
3 the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh
4 that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

38 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:17
    I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:4
    When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:8
    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
  • Ecclesiastes 8:6
    Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:1
    Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
  • Ecclesiastes 12:10
    The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
  • Isaiah 44:28
    That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
  • Isaiah 46:10
    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
  • Isaiah 48:14
    All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
  • Isaiah 53:10
    Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.