Original Language Studio
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?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֵפֶץchêphets · khay'-fets
H2656 · Hebrew
H2656 · Hebrew
- Definition
- pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
- Derivation
- from H2654 (חָפֵץ);
- KJV renderings
- acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (interrogative)
- חֵ֣פֶץ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 39 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 15:221 Samuel 18:252 Samuel 23:51 Kings 5:221 Kings 5:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֵפֶץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.