חָמַד (châmad) — Beauty
Hebrew word study: חָמַד (châmad), Strong's H2530. to delight in
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
to delight in
KJV translation words: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
Strong's H2530 is tagged on 25 words in 24 verses across 13 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 2:9 and last appears in Micah 2:2.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (all 24)
- Genesis 2:9 — נֶחְמָד — desirable
- Genesis 3:6 — וְנֶחְמָד — and it was desirable
- Exodus 20:17 — תַחְמֹד — you must covet
- Exodus 34:24 — יַחְמֹד — he will covet
- Deuteronomy 5:21 — תַחְמֹד — you must covet
- Deuteronomy 7:25 — תַחְמֹד — you will covet
- Joshua 7:21 — וָאֶחְמְדֵם — and I desired them
- 2 Chronicles 20:25 — חֲמֻדוֹת — precious things
- Ezra 8:27 — חֲמוּדֹת — precious
- Job 20:20 — בַּחֲמוּדוֹ — among desired things his
- Psalms 19:10 — הַנֶּחֱמָדִים — those desirable
- Psalms 39:11 — חֲמוּדוֹ — desired thing his
- Psalms 68:16 — חָמַד — which he desired
- Proverbs 1:22 — חָמְדוּ — do they delight in
- Proverbs 6:25 — תַּחְמֹד — you desire
- Proverbs 12:12 — חָמַד — he covets
- Proverbs 21:20 — נֶחְמָד — desirable
- Song of Solomon 2:3 — חִמַּדְתִּי — I desired
- Isaiah 1:29 — חֲמַדְתֶּם — you have desired
- Isaiah 44:9 — וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶם — and desired things their
- Isaiah 53:2 — וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ — and we will desire him
- Daniel 11:38 — וּבַחֲמֻדוֹת — and with precious things
- Daniel 11:43 — חֲמֻדוֹת — the precious things of
- Micah 2:2 — וְחָמְדוּ — and they desire
Related entries
Entries whose derivation names this word: H2531 חֶמֶד (chemed), H4261 מַחְמָד (machmâd), H4262 מַחְמֻד (machmud).
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Frequently asked questions
What does châmad (H2530) mean?
To delight in.
How is H2530 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H2530 as: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing)..
How often does חָמַד (châmad) appear?
Strong's H2530 is tagged on 25 words in 24 verses across 13 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 2:9 and last appears in Micah 2:2.
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