Pleasure
חֵ֫פֶץStrong’s H2656chephets (che-phets)
Appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chephets is the Hebrew word usually translated “pleasure”, “delight” and “desire my”. It appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”
Meaning
- Delight, pleasuredelight · desire, longing · the good pleasure · that in which one takes delight
How it's translated
- pleasure 8
- delight 5
- desire my 3
- matter 3
- desire his 2
- desire her 2
- pleasure his 2
- pleasures your 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ecclesiastes 7
- Isaiah 7
- 1 Kings 5
- Psalms 4
- Job 3
- Proverbs 3
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 18:25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 23:5Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
- 1 Kings 5:8And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
- 1 Kings 5:9My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
- 1 Kings 5:10So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
- 1 Kings 9:11(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
Hebrew dictionary
חֵ֫פֶץ chephets · pleasure
1) delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pleasure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLEASURE, noun
plezh'ur.
- The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish or happiness produced by enjoyment or the expectation of good; opposed to pain.
- Sensual or sexual gratification.
- Approbation.“The Lord taketh pleasure in his people” Psalms 149:4
- What the will dictates or prefers; will; choice; purpose; intention; command; as, use your pleasure“Cyrus, he is my shepherd and shall perform all my pleasure” Isaiah 44:28
All definitions and other forms of “pleasure”
- A favor; that which pleases.“Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure answered Paul” Acts 25:9
- Arbitrary will or choice.
PLEAS'URE, verb transitive
plezh'ur. To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. [A word authorized by some good writers, but superfluous and not much used.]
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.