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Delight

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

51exact KJV occurrences 50Old Testament 1New Testament 14books containing the word 16mapped Strong's IDs 51occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 34:19

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where delight appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH2654
חָפֵץ

châphêts · khaw-fates'

17 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

Strong's KJV usage: × any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.

Strong's first: Genesis 34:19Strong's last: Jeremiah 9:24

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HebrewH8173
שָׁעַע

shâʻaʻ · shaw-ah'

4 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

v

(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare

Strong's KJV usage: cry (out) (by confusion with 7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.

Strong's first: Psalms 94:19Strong's last: Psalms 119:70

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HebrewH2656
חֵפֶץ

chêphets · khay'-fets

3 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)

Strong's KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 15:22Strong's last: Psalms 16:3

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HebrewH7521
רָצָה

râtsâh · raw-tsaw'

2 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences

v

to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt

Strong's KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.

Strong's first: Job 34:9Strong's last: Psalms 62:4

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GreekG4913
συνήδομαι

synḗdomai · soon-ay'-dom-ahee

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to rejoice in with oneself, i.e. feel satisfaction concerning

Strong's KJV usage: :--delight.

Strong's first: Romans 7:22Strong's last: Romans 7:22

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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51 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 34:19
H2654

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

Numbers 14:8
H2654

If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 10:15
H2836

Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 21:14
H2654

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

1 Samuel 15:22
H2656

And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 18:22
H2654

And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.

2 Samuel 15:26
H2654

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

2 Samuel 24:3
H2654

And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

Esther 6:6
H2654

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

Job 22:26
H6026

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Job 27:10
H6026

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

Job 34:9
H7521

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Psalms 1:2
H2656

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalms 16:3
H2656

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Psalms 37:4
H6026

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psalms 37:11
H6026

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalms 40:8
H2654

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Psalms 62:4
H7521

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Psalms 68:30
H2654

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Psalms 94:19
H8173

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

Psalms 119:16
H8173

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Psalms 119:35
H2654

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Psalms 119:47
H8173

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Psalms 119:70
H8173

Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

delight

DELIGHT, noun

1. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.

His delight is in the law of the Lord. Psalms 1:2.

2. That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight

Titus was the delight of human kind.

I was daily his delight Proverbs 8:30.

DELIGHT is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and not dependent on sudden excitement.

DELIGHT, verb transitive

1. To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; the good conduct of children, and especially their piety, delights their parents.

I will delight myself in thy statutes. Psalms 1:219.

2. To receive great pleasure in.

I delight to do thy will. Psalms 40:8.

DELIGHT, verb intransitive To have or take great pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; followed by in.

I delight in the law of God after the inward man. Romans 7:22.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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