Desire
חֶמְדָּהStrong’s H2532chemdah (chem-dah)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chemdah is the Hebrew word usually translated “desire”, “preciousness” and “desirableness”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.”
Meaning
- Desire, that which is desirable
- Desirableness, preciousness
How it's translated
- desire 6
- preciousness 5
- the desirableness 1
- desirable thing of 1
- preciousness of 1
- desire my 1
- desire your 1
- precious 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Genesis 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- Psalms 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 10:3In contextI ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- Daniel 10:11In contextAnd he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
- Daniel 10:19In contextAnd said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
- Daniel 11:8In contextAnd shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
- Daniel 11:37In contextNeither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
- Zechariah 7:14In contextBut I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Hebrew dictionary
חֶמְדָּה chemdah · desire
desire, that which is desirable
חֲמוּדָה chamudah · desirable thing
desirableness, preciousness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “desire” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESIRE, noun
- An emotion or excitement of the mind, directed to the attainment or possession of an object from which pleasure, sensual, intellectual or spiritual, is expected; a passion excited by the love of an object, or uneasiness at the want of it, and directed to its attainment or possession. desire is a wish to possess some gratification or source of happiness which is supposed to be obtainable.“We endeavored-to see your face with great desire” 1 Thessalonians 2:17“Thou satisfiest the desires of every living thing” Psalms 145:16
- A prayer or request to obtain:“He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him” Psalms 145:19
- The object of desire; that which is desired.“The desire of all nations shall come” Haggai 2:7
- Love; affection.“His desire is toward me” Song of Solomon 7:10
All definitions and other forms of “desire”
- Appetite; lust.“Fulfilling the desires of the flesh” Ephesians 2:3
DESIRE, verb transitive
- To wish for the possession or enjoyment of, with a greater or less degree of earnestness; to covet.“Neither shall any man desire thy land” Exodus 34:24“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts” 1 Corinthians 14:1
- To express a wish to obtain; to ask; to request; to petition.“Then she said, did I desire a son of my Lord?” 2 Kings 4:28
- To require.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.