חֵשֶׁק
ḥēšeq
desire
Strong's H2837NounHebrewTWOT 773a

חֵשֶׁק (ḥēšeq) is a Hebrew noun meaning desire. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2837).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 773a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 773a)desire; delight; pleasure
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֵ֫שֶׁק noun, masculine: desire

desire = thing desired

Strong's H2837 חֵשֶׁק: delight
KJV:desire, pleasure.

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 773: חָשַׁק ḥāšaq — be attached to, love; cling, join, delight in, deliver; have a delight, desire, fillet, long, set love

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 9:12 Chronicles 8:6Isaiah 21:4

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