חָפֵץ

cha.phets

Hebrew H2654 Verb 74 occurrences in 70 verses
חָפֵץ to delight in

1. to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with

a. (Qal)

1. of men

a. to take pleasure in, delight in

b. to delight, desire, be pleased to do

2. of God

a. to delight in, have pleasure in

b. to be pleased to do

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Concordance 70 verses

  1. Genesis 34:19 חָפֵ֖ץ

    The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

  2. Numbers 14:8 חָפֵ֥ץ

    If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.

  3. Deuteronomy 21:14 חָפַ֣צְתָּ

    And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

  4. Deuteronomy 25:7 יַחְפֹּץ֙

    But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

  5. Deuteronomy 25:8 חָפַ֖צְתִּי

    Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

  6. Judges 13:23 חָפֵ֨ץ

    But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”

  7. Ruth 3:13 יַחְפֹּ֧ץ

    Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”

  8. 1 Samuel 2:25 חָפֵ֥ץ

    If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

  9. 1 Samuel 18:22 חָפֵ֤ץ

    Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”

  10. 1 Samuel 19:1 חָפֵ֥ץ

    Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

  11. 2 Samuel 15:26 חָפַ֖צְתִּי

    But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

  12. 2 Samuel 20:11 חָפֵ֧ץ

    One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”

  13. 2 Samuel 22:20 חָ֥פֵֽץ

    He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

  14. 2 Samuel 24:3 חָפֵ֖ץ

    But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

  15. 1 Kings 9:1 חָפֵ֖ץ

    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,

  16. 1 Kings 10:9 חָפֵ֣ץ

    Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

  17. 2 Chronicles 9:8 חָפֵ֣ץ

    Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

  18. Esther 2:14 חָפֵ֥ץ

    She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.

  19. Esther 6:6 חָפֵ֣ץיַחְפֹּ֥ץ

    Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

  20. Esther 6:7 חָפֵ֥ץ

    And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,

  21. Esther 6:9 חָפֵ֣ץחָפֵ֥ץ

    Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

  22. Esther 6:11 חָפֵ֥ץ

    So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

  23. Job 9:3 יַ֭חְפֹּץ

    If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

  24. Job 13:3 אֶחְפָּֽץ׃

    Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.

  25. Job 21:14 חָפָֽצְנוּ׃

    Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

  26. Job 33:32 חָפַ֥צְתִּי

    But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.

  27. Job 40:17 יַחְפֹּ֣ץ

    His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

  28. Psalms 18:19 חָ֥פֵֽץ

    He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

  29. Psalms 22:8 חָ֥פֵֽץ

    “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

  30. Psalms 37:23 יֶחְפָּֽץ׃

    The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

  31. Psalms 40:6 חָפַ֗צְתָּ

    Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

  32. Psalms 40:8 חָפָ֑צְתִּי

    I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

  33. Psalms 41:11 חָפַ֣צְתָּ

    By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

  34. Psalms 51:6 חָפַ֣צְתָּ

    Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

  35. Psalms 51:16 תַחְפֹּ֣ץ

    For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

  36. Psalms 51:19 תַּחְפֹּ֣ץ

    Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

  37. Psalms 68:30 יֶחְפָּֽצוּ׃

    Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

  38. Psalms 73:25 חָפַ֥צְתִּי

    Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

  39. Psalms 109:17 חָפֵ֥ץ

    The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

  40. Psalms 112:1 חָפֵ֥ץ

    Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

  41. Psalms 115:3 חָפֵ֣ץ

    Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.

  42. Psalms 119:35 חָפָֽצְתִּי׃

    Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

  43. Psalms 135:6 חָפֵ֥ץ

    The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.

  44. Psalms 147:10 יֶחְפָּ֑ץ

    He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.

  45. Proverbs 18:2 יַחְפֹּ֣ץ

    A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

  46. Proverbs 21:1 יַחְפֹּ֣ץ

    The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

  47. Ecclesiastes 8:3 יַחְפֹּ֖ץ

    Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

  48. Song of Solomon 2:7 שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ס

    O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

  49. Song of Solomon 3:5 שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ס

    O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

  50. Song of Solomon 8:4 שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ס

    O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

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