Lexical Definition

‎חָפֵץ‎ châphêts (khaw-fates') delighting ^H:A
from ‎חָפֵץ‎

delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.

• pleased with

1) desiring, delighting in, having pleasure in

See Greek: θέλημα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָפֵץ‎ verbal adjective delighting in, having pleasure in; — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 5:5* + 4 t.; plural ‎חֲפֵצִים‎ Mal 3:1; Neh 1:11 construct ‎חֲפֵצֵי‎ Ps 35:27 + 2 t.; suffix ‎חֶפְצֵיהֶם‎ Ps 111:2 feminine ‎חֲפֵצָ֑ה‎ 1Chr 28:9 —

1. of man, with accusative Ps 34:13*; Ps 35:27; Mal 3:1 with infinitive Neh 1:11 absolute ‎הֶחָפֵץ‎ whosoever would 1Kgs 13:33 ‎אם חפץ אתה‎ if thou pleasest 1Kgs 21:6 ‎נֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה‎ willing soul 1Chr 28:9 plural construct before nouns absolute Ps 35:22; Ps 40:15* = Ps 70:3* ‎דְּרוּשִׁים לְכָלחֶֿפְצֵיהֶם‎ studied of all who take pleasure in them Ps 111:2.

2. of God, ‎לֹא אֵלֿ‎ ‎חָפֵץ רֶשַׁע אַתָּה‎ thou art not a God taking pleasure in wickedness Ps 5:5*.

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