Word Study · Strong's H2837 · Hebrew
חֵשֶׁק
chesheq
khay'-shek
Strong's 1890 spelling: chêsheq
“delight”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
delight
Rendered in the KJV as
desire, pleasure.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- חֵ֣שֶׁק3
- חִשְׁקִ֔י1
How it is rendered · 2
- [the] desire of3
- desire my1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 9:1חֵ֣שֶׁקchesheknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,here: [the] desire of
- 1 Kings 9:19חֵ֣שֶׁקchesheknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.here: [the] desire of