חָפֵץ (ḥāpaṣ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning delight in. It appears
75 times
in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2654).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 712)
Range of meaning (TWOT 712)delight in; incline, bend, be pleased, desire; delight, favour, like, move, have pleasure, will, would
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָפֵץverb: delight in
Strong's H2654חָפֵץ: properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire KJV:× any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
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.