Words the Bible translates as delight
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- eudokeōεὐδοκέωto decide freely and gladly: to resolve on something, or to consent and agree to it
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- to look on with favor: to be well pleased with, take pleasure in, or find acceptable
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץto find pleasure in something, so that you want it and lean toward it
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- to bend or make stiff (said of an animal's tail)
- ḥephetsחֵפֶץdelight: the glad pleasure a person takes in someone or something
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- desire: what a person wants, wishes for, or values
- purpose: a settled intention that one carries out, especially God's sovereign will
- matter: an affair, business, or thing one is occupied with
- ta'avahתַּאֲוָהdesire, longing, craving: the whole person's reaching out for what it wants (and sometimes the wanted thing itself).
- maḥmadמַחְמָדa treasure: what or whom someone holds dear, valued for the longing it draws rather than for any price it would fetch
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץdrawn toward something with pleasure or desire: delighting in it, wanting it, or being willing to do it
- anagעָנֹגto luxuriate in something: to take rich, unhurried pleasure in it, the way a person of leisure enjoys comfort
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- to be pampered: to live so softly and richly cared for that hardship is unthinkable
- sha'aשָׁעַעto delight: to take warm, playful pleasure in someone or something, or to give that pleasure to another
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- to seal a person's eyes shut, as if smeared over, so that they cannot see
- shashu'aשַׁעֲשֻׁעִיםdelight: the fond, repeated pleasure someone takes in a person or thing, and the cherished person or thing itself
- no'amנֹעַםthe perceptible delightfulness of favor: the gracious, pleasant quality of someone or something that is a delight to experience
- ḥemedחֶמֶדdelightnot studied yet
- ta'anugתַּעֲנוּגexquisite pleasure that comes of being pampered: the delight of soft, indulgent treatment, and whatever gives that delight
- onegעֹנֶגdelightnot studied yet
- sunēdomaiσυνήδομαιto delightnot studied yet
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