# חָמַד (chamad)

Israeli respelling: cha-mad. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2530. 27 Old Testament occurrences.

to delight in

King James renderings: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chamad-h2530

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/2/9) — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the m…
- [Genesis 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/3/6) — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, sh…
- [Exodus 20:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/20/17) — Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox,…
- [Exodus 34:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/34/24) — For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appea…
- [Deuteronomy 5:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/21) — Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidse…
- [Deuteronomy 7:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/25) — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, l…
- [Joshua 7:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/7/21) — When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, th…
- [2 Chronicles 20:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/25) — And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodie…
- [Job 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/20) — Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
- [Psalms 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/10) — More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
- [Psalms 39:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/39/11) — When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
- [Psalms 68:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/16) — Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
- [Proverbs 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/22) — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- [Proverbs 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/25) — Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- [Proverbs 12:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/12) — The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
- [Proverbs 21:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/20) — There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
- [Song of Solomon 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/2/3) — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fru…
- [Isaiah 1:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/29) — For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
- [Isaiah 44:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/9) — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they…
- [Isaiah 53:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/53/2) — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see…
- [Daniel 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/23) — At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore under…
- [Daniel 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/3) — I 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 10:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/11) — And 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 no…
- [Daniel 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/19) — And 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 strengthene…
- [Daniel 11:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/38) — But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with pr…
- [Daniel 11:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/43) — But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiop…
- [Micah 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/2/2) — And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his h…