# חֶמְדָּה (chemdah)

Israeli respelling: chem-dah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2532. 18 Old Testament occurrences.

delight

King James renderings: desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chemdah-h2532

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 27:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/15) — And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
- [1 Samuel 9:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/20) — And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel…
- [2 Chronicles 21:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/21/20) — Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbei…
- [2 Chronicles 32:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/27) — And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and fo…
- [2 Chronicles 36:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/10) — And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and…
- [Ezra 8:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/8/27) — Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
- [Psalms 106:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/24) — Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
- [Isaiah 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/2/16) — And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
- [Jeremiah 3:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/19) — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said,…
- [Jeremiah 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/12/10) — Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
- [Jeremiah 25:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/34) — Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your disp…
- [Ezekiel 26:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/26/12) — And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasan…
- [Daniel 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/8) — And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shal…
- [Daniel 11:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/37) — Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
- [Hosea 13:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/13/15) — Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring s…
- [Nahum 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/9) — Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
- [Haggai 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/2/7) — And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
- [Zechariah 7:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/7/14) — But 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 t…