# חֵפֶץ (chefets) Israeli respelling: che-fets. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H2656. 38 Old Testament occurrences. pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind) King James renderings: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chefets-h2656 ## Occurrences - [1 Samuel 15:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/22) — 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… - [1 Samuel 18:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/25) — And 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 t… - [2 Samuel 23:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/5) — Although 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… - [1 Kings 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/5/8) — And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timbe… - [1 Kings 5:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/5/9) — My 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… - [1 Kings 5:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/5/10) — So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. - [1 Kings 9:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 ki… - [1 Kings 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/13) — And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.… - [2 Chronicles 9:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/12) — And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she t… - [Job 21:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/21/21) — For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? - [Job 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/3) — Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? - [Job 31:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/16) — If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; - [Psalms 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/1/2) — But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. - [Psalms 16:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/16/3) — But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. - [Psalms 107:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/30) — Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. - [Psalms 111:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/111/2) — The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. - [Proverbs 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/3/15) — She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. - [Proverbs 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/8/11) — For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. - [Proverbs 31:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/13) — She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. - [Ecclesiastes 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/3/1) — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: - [Ecclesiastes 3:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/3/17) — I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. - [Ecclesiastes 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/4) — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. - [Ecclesiastes 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/8) — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he th… - [Ecclesiastes 8:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/8/6) — Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. - [Ecclesiastes 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/1) — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pl… - [Ecclesiastes 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/10) — The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. - [Isaiah 44:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/28) — That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple… - [Isaiah 46:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/10) — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will d… - [Isaiah 48:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/14) — All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Bab… - [Isaiah 53:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/53/10) — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed,… - [Isaiah 54:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/54/12) — And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. - [Isaiah 58:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/58/3) — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the… - [Isaiah 58:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/58/13) — If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD,… - [Jeremiah 22:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/22/28) — Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cas… - [Jeremiah 48:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/38) — There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel where… - [Hosea 8:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/8) — Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. - [Malachi 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/1/10) — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in… - [Malachi 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/3/12) — And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.