חָמַד
ḥămûdâ
desire
Strong's H2530NounHebrewTWOT 673

חָמַד (ḥămûdâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning desire. It appears 28 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2530).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 673)

Range of meaning (TWOT 673)desire, take pleasure in; desirable; delight greatly; desirableness, preciousness; delight in; beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, delight, goodly, lust, pleasant, precious
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָמַד verb: desire, take pleasure in

חֲמוּדָה noun, feminine: desirableness, preciousness

Strong's H2530 חָמַד: to delight in
KJV:beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (× great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 2:9Exodus 20:17Deuteronomy 5:21

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