חָמַד

cha.madto desireHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb23 occurrences12 books22 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to delight in
Traditional renderings: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (× great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָמַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

23 total
  1. Genesis 2:9נֶחְמָ֥ד · that is pleasing
    Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  2. Genesis 3:6וְנֶחְמָ֤ד · desirable
    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
  3. Exodus 20:17תַחְמֹ֖ד · covet; תַחְמֹ֞ד · covet
    You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
  4. Exodus 34:24יַחְמֹ֥ד · will covet
    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
  5. Deuteronomy 5:21תַחְמֹ֖ד · covet
    You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
  6. Deuteronomy 7:25תַחְמֹד֩ · covet
    You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
  7. Joshua 7:21וָֽאֶחְמְדֵ֖ם · I coveted them
    When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
  8. Ezra 8:27חֲמוּדֹ֖ת · as precious as
    …20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
  9. Job 20:20בַּ֝חֲמוּד֗וֹ · with his treasure
    Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
  10. Psalm 19:10הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִ֗ים · They are more precious
    They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
  11. Psalm 39:11חֲמוּד֑וֹ · what he holds dear
    You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
  12. Psalm 68:16חָמַ֣ד · chose
    Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
  13. Proverbs 1:22חָמְד֣וּ · delight
    “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
  14. Proverbs 6:25תַּחְמֹ֣ד · lust
    Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
  15. Proverbs 12:12חָמַ֣ד · desire
    The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
  16. Proverbs 21:20נֶחְמָ֣ד · Precious
    Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
  17. Song of Solomon 2:3חִמַּ֣דְתִּי · I delight
    Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
  18. Isaiah 1:29חֲמַדְתֶּ֑ם · in which you have delighted
    Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
  19. Isaiah 44:9וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶ֖ם · and the things they treasure
    All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
  20. Isaiah 53:2וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃ · that we should desire Him
    He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
  21. Daniel 9:23חֲמוּד֖וֹת · highly precious
    At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
  22. Micah 2:2וְחָמְד֤וּ · They covet
    They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.