Words the Bible translates as pleasure
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- thelēmaθέλημαwill: what someone has decided shall be, whether a purpose, a desire, or a command
- simḥahשִׂמְחָהjoy: gladness felt in the heart and shown openly in celebration, often before God
- ḥephetsחֵפֶץdelight: the glad pleasure a person takes in someone or something
+3 more meanings
- 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
- hēdonēἡδονήpleasurenot studied yet
- avvahאַוָּהdesire, wish: what someone wants, nearly always in the set phrase "the desire of your soul," meaning as much and as freely as you please.
- re'utרְעוּpleasurenot studied yet
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