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 · HAafsa

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

1 Kings 13:33 · HTd/Aamsa

After this thing, Jeroboam didn’t turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

1 Kings 21:6 · HAamsa

He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”

Malachi 3:1 · HAampa

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies.

Nehemiah 1:11 · HTd/Aampa

Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

Psalm 5:4 · HAamsc

For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.

Psalm 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.