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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Delight
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Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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חָפֵץ
châphêts · khaw-fates'
17 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 34:19Strong's last: Jeremiah 9:24
Open full H2654 profile →עָנַג
ʻânag · aw-nag'
6 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to be soft or pliable, i.e. (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious
Strong's KJV usage: delicate(-ness), (have) delight (self), sport self.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 22:26Strong's last: Isaiah 58:14
Open full H6026 profile →רָצוֹן
râtsôwn · raw-tsone'
5 times translated as this KJV form56 total Strong's occurrences
delight (especially as shown)
Strong's KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 11:1Strong's last: Proverbs 16:13
Open full H7522 profile →שָׁעַע
shâʻaʻ · shaw-ah'
4 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
(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
Open full H8173 profile →שַׁעְשֻׁעַ
shaʻshuaʻ · shah-shoo'-ah
4 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
enjoyment
Strong's KJV usage: delight, pleasure.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 119:24Strong's last: Proverbs 8:30
Open full H8191 profile →חֵפֶץ
chêphets · khay'-fets
3 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 15:22Strong's last: Psalms 16:3
Open full H2656 profile →חָמַד
châmad · khaw-mad'
2 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to delight in
Strong's KJV usage: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (× great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 1:22Strong's last: Song of Solomon 2:3
Open full H2530 profile →רָצָה
râtsâh · raw-tsaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 34:9Strong's last: Psalms 62:4
Open full H7521 profile →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
Open full G4913 profile →גִּיל
gîyl · gheel
1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
Strong's KJV usage: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 2:14Strong's last: Proverbs 2:14
Open full H1523 profile →חָפֵץ
châphêts · khaw-fates'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
pleased with
Strong's KJV usage: delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Malachi 3:1Strong's last: Malachi 3:1
Open full H2655 profile →חָשַׁק
châshaq · khaw-shak'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver
Strong's KJV usage: have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 10:15Strong's last: Deuteronomy 10:15
Open full H2836 profile →מַעֲדָן
maʻădân · mah-ad-awn'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully)
Strong's KJV usage: dainty, delicately, delight.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 29:17Strong's last: Proverbs 29:17
Open full H4574 profile →נָעֵם
nâʻêm · naw-ame'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 24:25Strong's last: Proverbs 24:25
Open full H5276 profile →עֹנֶג
ʻôneg · o'-neg
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
luxury
Strong's KJV usage: delight, pleasant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 58:13Strong's last: Isaiah 58:13
Open full H6027 profile →תַּעֲנוּג
taʻănûwg · tah-an-oog'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
luxury
Strong's KJV usage: delicate, delight, pleasant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 19:10Strong's last: Proverbs 19:10
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H8191
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
H8191
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
H2530
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
H1523
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
H8191
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
H7522
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
H7522
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
H7522
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
H7522
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
H7522
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
H2654
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
H8588
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
H5276
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
H4574
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
H2530
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
H2654
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
H2654
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
H6026
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
H2654
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
H2654
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
H6027
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
H6026
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
H2654
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
H2654
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
H2655
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
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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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