Definition

delight

Etymology

feminine of H2531 (חֶמֶד);

Word family

• חֶמֶד chemed

How the KJV renders it

• desire
• goodly
• pleasant
• precious

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.