Hebrew adjective · H2655
חָפֵץ
chaphetskhaw-fates'
delighting
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châphêts
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2655is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2655
pleased with
The King James renders it: delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
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
chaphets is rendered "delighting". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 13:33Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
1 Kings 13:33הֶֽחָפֵץ֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- desirous of5
- the desiring3
- delighting1
- desiring1
- the delighting1
- willing1
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.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י2
- הֶחָפֵ֣ץ1
- הֶ֝חָפֵ֗ץ1
- הֶֽחָפֵץ֙1
- הַֽחֲפֵצִים֙1
- חָפֵ֘ץ1
- חָפֵ֣ץ1
- חָפֵ֥ץ1
- חֲפֵצָ֔ה1
- חֲפֵצֵ֪י1
- חֲפֵצִים֙1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HAampc
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular3HTd/Aamsa
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HAamsc
- adjective · feminine singular1HAafsa
- adjective · masculine plural1HAampa
- adjective · masculine singular1HAamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural1HTd/Aampa
1 Kings
two uses
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
- הֶֽחָפֵץ֙hechafetzthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the desiring
Ahab answered, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and told him, ‘Give me your vineyard for silver, or if you wish, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ And he replied, ‘I will not give you my vineyard!’”
- חָפֵ֣ץchafetzadjective · masculine singulartagged: desiring
1 Chronicles
one use
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- חֲפֵצָ֔הchafetzahadjective · feminine singulartagged: willing
Nehemiah
one use
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
- הַֽחֲפֵצִים֙hachafetzimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the delighting
Psalms
six uses
For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
- חָפֵ֘ץchafetzadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desirous of
Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
- הֶחָפֵ֣ץhechafetzthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the desiring
May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
- חֲפֵצֵ֪יchafetzeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desirous of
- הֶ֝חָפֵ֗ץhechafetzthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the desiring
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗יchafetzeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desirous of
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗יchafetzeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desirous of
Micah
one use
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- חָפֵ֥ץchafetzadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desirous of
Malachi
one use
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- חֲפֵצִים֙chafetzimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: delighting
The letters
Gematria 178· 988 mispar gadol
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 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.