Hebrew verb · H2530
חָמַד
chamadkhaw-mad'
to desire; precious thing
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châmad
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2530is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2530
to delight in
The King James renders it: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chamad is rendered "to desire; precious thing". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Four of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to desire".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:9Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:9נֶחְמָ֥ד
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to desire, and precious thing.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to desireStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 2:9Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good… |
| precious thingStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- you must covet3
- desirable2
- among desired his1
- and desirable1
- and desired their1
- and I desired them1
- and they desire1
- and we will desire him1
- and with precious things1
- desired his1
- do they delight in1
- he covets1
and 10 more, 25 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חָמַ֣ד2
- תַחְמֹ֖ד2
- בַּ֝חֲמוּד֗וֹ1
- הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִ֗ים1
- וָֽאֶחְמְדֵ֖ם1
- וּבַחֲמֻדֽוֹת׃1
- וְחָמְד֤וּ1
- וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶ֖ם1
- וְנֶחְמָ֤ד1
- וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃1
- חָמְד֣וּ1
- חֲמֻד֔וֹת1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular4HVqi2ms
- noun · feminine plural2HNcfpa
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singular2HVNrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural1HC/R/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singular1HC/VNrmsa
- Hc/Vqq3cp1Hc/Vqq3cp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Vqsmpc/Sp3mp
- HC/Vqu1cp/Sp3ms1HC/Vqu1cp/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vqw1cs/Sp3mp1Hc/Vqw1cs/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Vqsmsc/Sp3ms
Genesis
two uses
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- נֶחְמָ֥דnechmadverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: desirable
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- וְנֶחְמָ֤דvenechmadconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and desirable
Exodus
three uses
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
- תַחְמֹ֖דtachmodverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must covet
- תַחְמֹ֞דtachmodverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must covet
For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
- יַחְמֹ֥דyachmodverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will covet
Deuteronomy
two uses
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
- תַחְמֹ֖דtachmodverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must covet
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
- תַחְמֹד֩tachmodverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will covet
Joshua
one use
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
- וָֽאֶחְמְדֵ֖םvaechmedemHc/Vqw1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I desired them
2 Chronicles
one use
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.
- חֲמֻד֔וֹתchamudotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: precious things
Ezra
one use
20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
- חֲמוּדֹ֖תchamudotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: precious
Job
one use
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
- בַּ֝חֲמוּד֗וֹbachamudopreposition + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: among desired his
Psalms
three uses
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִ֗יםhanechemadimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those desirable
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
- חֲמוּד֑וֹchamudoverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: desired his
Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
- חָמַ֣דchamadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he desired
Proverbs
four uses
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- חָמְד֣וּchameduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: do they delight in
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- תַּחְמֹ֣דtachmodverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you desire
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
- חָמַ֣דchamadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he covets
Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
- נֶחְמָ֣דnechmadverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: desirable
Song of Solomon
one use
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- חִמַּ֣דְתִּיchimadtiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I desired
Isaiah
three uses
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
- חֲמַדְתֶּ֑םchamadtemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have desired
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
- וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶ֖םvachamudeihemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and desired their
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃venechmedehuHC/Vqu1cp/Sp3mstagged: and we will desire him
Daniel
two uses
And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
- וּבַחֲמֻדֽוֹת׃uvachamudotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with precious things
He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
- חֲמֻד֣וֹתchamudotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: precious things of
Micah
one use
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
- וְחָמְד֤וּvechameduHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they desire
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.