Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4261
מַחְמָד
machmadmakh-mawd'
desire
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: machmâd
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4261is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4261
delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire
The King James renders it: beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (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
machmad is rendered "desire". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Three of the uses stand in Lamentations, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 20:6But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
1 Kings 20:6מַחְמַ֣ד
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eight of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- desire of3
- and desirable things my1
- delights of1
- desirablenesses1
- pleasant things our1
- precious things her1
- precious things of1
- precious things their1
- preciousnesses its1
- the desirable thing of1
- treasure1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַחְתָּה | machtah | censer | Uses22 |
| מַחְסוֹר | machsor | need | Uses13 |
| מַחְבֶּרֶת | machbereth | joining | Uses8 |
| מַחְשָׁךְ | machshak | darkness | Uses7 |
| מַחְצֵב | machtseb | hewing | Uses3 |
| מַחְלִי | Machli | Mahlite | Uses2 |
| מַחְלָפָה | machlaphah | lock | Uses2 |
| מַחְתֶּרֶת | machtereth | breaking | Uses2 |
| מַחְלֻי | machluy | suffering | Uses1 |
| מַחְמֻד | machmud | desirable | Uses1 |
| מַחְמָל | machmal | compassion | Uses1 |
| מַחְסוֹם | machsom | muzzle | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
All 13, 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
- מַחְמַ֣ד2
- מַחְמַ֥ד2
- וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙1
- מַחְמַ֤ד1
- מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י1
- מַחֲמַדֵּי־1
- מַחֲמַדֶּ֖יהָ1
- מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָ1
- מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶ֛ם1
- מַחֲמַדִּ֑ים1
- מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcmpc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HNcmpc/Sp1bp
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmpc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
1 Kings
one use
But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
- מַחְמַ֣דmachmadnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the desirable thing of
2 Chronicles
one use
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- מַחֲמַדֶּ֖יהָmachamadeihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: preciousnesses its
Song of Solomon
one use
His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- מַחֲמַדִּ֑יםmachamadimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: desirablenesses
Isaiah
one use
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
- מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּmachamadeinunoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: pleasant things our
Lamentations
three uses
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
- מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָmachamadeihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: precious things her
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
- מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶ֛םmachamodeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: precious things their
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
- מַחֲמַדֵּי־machamadei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: delights of
Ezekiel
three uses
“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
- מַחְמַ֥דmachmadnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
- מַחְמַ֥דmachmadnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of
And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
- מַחְמַ֤דmachmadnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of
Hosea
two uses
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
- מַחְמַ֣דmachmadnoun · masculine singulartagged: treasure
Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- מַחֲמַדֵּ֥יmachamadeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: precious things of
Joel
one use
For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.
- וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙umachamadaiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and desirable things my
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.