חָפֵץ

châphêts · Hebrew · Strong's H2655 · 11 occurrences

The KJV renders 36 different Hebrew and Greek words as “desire”

What it means

pleased with

from H2654 (חָפֵץ);

How the KJV renders it

delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“desire”

also renders eudokía (G2107), zētéō (G2212), aitéō (G154), epithymía (G1939), orégomai (G3713), axióō (G515), parakaléō (G3870), epizētéō (G1934), thélō (G2309), zēlóō (G2206), thélēma (G2307), erōtáō (G2065), epithyméō (G1937), epipothéō (G1971), exaitéomai (G1809), eperōtáō (G1905), ʼâbeh (H15), ʼâvâh (H183), ʼavvâh (H185), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), châmad (H2530), chemdâh (H2532), châphêts (H2654), chêphets (H2656), châshaq (H2836), chêsheq (H2837), kâçaph (H3700), maʼăvay (H3970), machmâd (H4261), mishʼâlâh (H4862), nephesh (H5315), râtsôwn (H7522), taʼăvâh (H8378), tâv (H8420), tᵉshûwqâh (H8669)

“favour”

also renders cháris (G5485), chên (H2580), chănîynâh (H2594), chêçêd (H2617), châphêts (H2654), ṭôwb (H2896), râtsôwn (H7522), shâlôwm (H7965), tᵉchinnâh (H8467)

“please”

also renders dokéō (G1380), thélō (G2309), eudokéō (G2106), euarestéō (G2100), aréskō (G700), arestós (G701), shᵉphar (H8232)

“willing”

also renders próthymos (G4289), nᵉdâbâh (H5071), nâdîyb (H5081)

“have pleasure”

also renders syneudokéō (G4909), châphêts (H2654)

“wish”

also renders eídō (G1492), eúchomai (G2172)

Where it appears

11 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 10 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 28:9 HAafsa1 Kings 13:33 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 21:6 HAamsaMalachi 3:1 HAampaNehemiah 1:11 HTd/AampaPsalm 5:4 HAamscPsalm 34:12 HTd/AamsaPsalm 35:27 HAampcPsalm 40:14 HAampcPsalm 70:2 HAampc

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.