חָפֵץ
ḥāpēṣ
delighting in
Strong's H2655AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 712a

חָפֵץ (ḥāpēṣ) is a Hebrew adjective meaning delighting in. It appears 11 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2655).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 712a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 712a)delighting in, having pleasure in; pleased with; delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָפֵץ adjective, verbal: delighting in, having pleasure in

Strong's H2655 חָפֵץ: pleased with
KJV:delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.

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.

Root family 712: חָפֵץ ḥāpēṣ — delight in; incline, bend, be pleased, desire; delight, favour, like, move, have pleasure, will, would

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 13:331 Chronicles 28:9Nehemiah 1:11

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