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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Pleasure

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.

61exact KJV occurrences 43Old Testament 18New Testament 28books containing the word 21mapped Strong's IDs 60occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 18:12

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 4:11

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where pleasure 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?

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HebrewH2656
חֵפֶץ

chêphets · khay'-fets

16 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: Job 21:21Strong's last: Malachi 1:10

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HebrewH7521
רָצָה

râtsâh · raw-tsaw'

6 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: 1 Chronicles 29:17Strong's last: Haggai 1:8

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GreekG2107
εὐδοκία

eudokía · yoo-dok-ee'-ah

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

satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose

Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, good pleasure (will), X seem good.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ephesians 1:5Strong's last: 2 Thessalonians 1:11

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HebrewH2654
חָפֵץ

châphêts · khaw-fates'

3 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: Ezekiel 18:23Strong's last: Ezekiel 33:11

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HebrewH5315
נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh · neh'-fesh

3 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

Strong's KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 23:24Strong's last: Jeremiah 34:16

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GreekG5485
χάρις

cháris · khar'-ece

2 times translated as this KJV form156 total Strong's occurrences

graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)

Strong's KJV usage: :--acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).

Strong's first: Acts 24:27Strong's last: Acts 25:9

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HebrewH2896
טוֹב

ṭôwb · tobe

2 times translated as this KJV form558 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m n-f

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).

Strong's first: Job 21:25Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 2:1

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GreekG1380
δοκέω

dokéō · dok-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences

compare the base of G1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.

Strong's first: Hebrews 12:10Strong's last: Hebrews 12:10

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GreekG4684
σπαταλάω

spataláō · spat-al-ah'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to be voluptuous

Strong's KJV usage: :--live in pleasure, be wanton.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Timothy 5:6Strong's last: 1 Timothy 5:6

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GreekG5171
τρυφάω

trypháō · troo-fah'-o

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

to indulge in luxury

Strong's KJV usage: :--live in pleasure.

Strong's first: James 5:5Strong's last: James 5:5

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AramaicH7470
רְעוּת

rᵉʻûwth · reh-ooth'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

desire

Strong's KJV usage: pleasure, will.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezra 5:17Strong's last: Ezra 5:17

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Clear
2 Peter 2:13
G2237

And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

pleasure

PLEASURE, noun plezh'ur.

1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish or happiness produced by enjoyment or the expectation of good; opposed to pain. We receive pleasure from the indulgence of appetite; from the view of a beautiful landscape; from the harmony of sounds; from agreeable society; from the expectation of seeing an absent friend; from the prospect of gain or success of any kind. pleasure bodily and mental, carnal and spiritual, constitutes the whole of positive happiness, as pain constitutes the whole of misery.

PLEASURE is properly positive excitement of the passions or the mind; but we give the name also to the absence of excitement, when that excitement is painful; as when we cease to labor, or repose after fatigue, or when the mind is tranquilized after anxiety or agitation.

PLEASURE is susceptible of increase to any degree; but the word when unqualified, expresses less excitement or happiness than delight or joy.

2. Sensual or sexual gratification.

3. Approbation.

The Lord taketh pleasure in his people. Psalms 147:10.

and 149.

4. What the will dictates or prefers; will; choice; purpose; intention; command; as, use your pleasure

Cyrus, he is my shepherd and shall perform all my pleasure Isaiah 44:28.

My counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure

Isa 46.

5. A favor; that which pleases.

Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure answered Paul. Acts 25:9.

6. Arbitrary will or choice. He can vary his scheme at pleasure

PLEAS'URE, verb transitive plezh'ur. To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. [A word authorized by some good writers, but superfluous and not much used.]

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.