Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2532
חֶמְדָּה
chemdahkhem-daw'
desire; desirable thing
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chemdâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2532is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2532
delight
The King James renders it: desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.
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
chemdah is rendered "desire; desirable thing". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Six of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "desire".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 27:15And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
Genesis 27:15הַחֲמֻדֹ֔ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: desire, and desirable thing.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| desireStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 27:15And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau… |
| desirable thingStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- desire5
- preciousness3
- preciousnesses2
- desirablenesses1
- desire my1
- desire of1
- desire their1
- desire your1
- precious1
- precious thing of1
- preciousness of1
- the desirable thing of1
and 2 more, 21 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 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 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
- חֶמְדָּֽה׃4
- חֶמְדַּ֣ת3
- חֶמְדָּ֔ה2
- הַחֶמְדָּֽה׃1
- הַחֲמֻדֹ֔ת1
- חֶמְדָּ֑ה1
- חֶמְדָּ֖ה1
- חֲמֻד֞וֹת1
- חֲ֠מֻדוֹת1
- חֲמֻד֛וֹת1
- חֶמְדַּ֥ת1
- חֶמְדָּתִ֖י1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular8HNcfsa
- noun · feminine plural4HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp2fs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HTd/Ncfpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
- הַחֲמֻדֹ֔תhachamudotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the desirablenesses
1 Samuel
one use
As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
- חֶמְדַּ֣תchemdatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the desirable thing of
2 Chronicles
three uses
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- חֶמְדָּ֔הchemdahnoun · feminine singulartagged: desire
Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.
- חֶמְדָּֽה׃chemdahnoun · feminine singulartagged: preciousness
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- חֶמְדַּ֣תchemdatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: preciousness of
Psalms
one use
They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
- חֶמְדָּ֑הchemdahnoun · feminine singulartagged: desire
Isaiah
one use
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
- הַחֶמְדָּֽה׃hachemdahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the desire
Jeremiah
three uses
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- חֶמְדָּ֔הchemdahnoun · feminine singulartagged: desire
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
- חֶמְדָּתִ֖יchemdatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: desire my
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
- חֶמְדָּֽה׃chemdahnoun · feminine singulartagged: desire
Ezekiel
one use
They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
- חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְchemdatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: desire your
Daniel
six uses
At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
- חֲמוּד֖וֹתchamudotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: precious
I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
- חֲמֻד֞וֹתchamudotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: desirablenesses
He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
- חֲ֠מֻדוֹתchamudotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: preciousnesses
“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”
- חֲמֻד֛וֹתchamudotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: preciousnesses
He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
- חֶמְדָּתָ֜םchemdatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: desire their
He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.
- חֶמְדַּ֥תchemdatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of
Hosea
one use
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
- חֶמְדָּֽה׃chemdahnoun · feminine singulartagged: preciousness
Nahum
one use
“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
- חֶמְדָּֽה׃chemdahnoun · feminine singulartagged: preciousness
Haggai
one use
I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- חֶמְדַּ֣תchemdatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: precious thing of
Zechariah
one use
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”
- חֶמְדָּ֖הchemdahnoun · feminine singulartagged: desire
Where it leads
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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.