# מַחְמָד (machmad)

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

Strong’s H4261. 13 Old Testament occurrences.

delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire

King James renderings: beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/machmad-h4261

## Occurrences

- [1 Kings 20:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/6) — Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it…
- [2 Chronicles 36:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/19) — And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the g…
- [Song of Solomon 5:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/16) — His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- [Isaiah 64:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/64/11) — Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
- [Lamentations 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/10) — The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom th…
- [Lamentations 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/11) — All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I…
- [Lamentations 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/4) — He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the taberna…
- [Ezekiel 24:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/16) — Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy…
- [Ezekiel 24:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/21) — Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire o…
- [Ezekiel 24:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/25) — Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, a…
- [Hosea 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/9/6) — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, n…
- [Hosea 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/9/16) — Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit…
- [Joel 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/3/5) — Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: