Strong’s H2655 · Hebrew

חָפֵץ
châphêts
khaw-fates'

Definition

pleased with

Etymology

from H2654 (חָפֵץ);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • delight in
  • desire
  • favour
  • please
  • have pleasure
  • whosoever would
  • willing
  • wish

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.