To delight in
חָפֵץStrong’s H2654chaphets (cha-phets)
Appears in 70 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chaphets is the Hebrew word usually translated “delights”, “delighted” and “desire”. It appears in 70 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.”
Meaning
- To delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with(Qal)
- To move, bend down(Qal) to bend down
How it's translated
- he delights 15
- he delighted 7
- i desire 6
- i delight 3
- you desire 3
- i take pleasure 3
- he desires 3
- that it will please 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 17
- Isaiah 11
- Esther 5
- Job 5
- 2 Samuel 4
- Deuteronomy 3
21 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 14:8If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 21:14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
- Deuteronomy 25:7And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
- Deuteronomy 25:8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
- Judges 13:23But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
- Ruth 3:13Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
All 70 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חָפֵץ chaphets · to delight in
1) to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with 1a) (Qal) 1a1) of men 1a1a) to take pleasure in, delight in 1a1b) to delight, desire, be pleased to do 1a2) of God 1a2a) to delight in, have pleasure in 1a2b) to be pleased to do
חָפַץ chph · to sway
1) to move, bend down 1a) (Qal) to bend down
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “delight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DELIGHT, noun
- A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.“His delight is in the law of the Lord” Psalms 1:2
- That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight“I was daily his delight” Proverbs 8:30
All definitions and other forms of “delight”
DELIGHT, verb transitive
- To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; the good conduct of children, and especially their piety, delights their parents.“I will delight myself in thy statutes. 19” Psalms 119:16
- To receive great pleasure in.“I delight to do thy will” Psalms 40:8
DELIGHT, verb intransitive
To have or take great pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; followed by in.
- “I delight in the law of God after the inward man” Romans 7:22
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.