Strong's Hebrew · H2531

חֶמֶד

chemed · kheh'-med

desirable, pleasant.

Definition

delight

Derivation

from H2530 (חָמַד);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Ezekiel 23:6

clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.

Isaiah 27:2

In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

Ezekiel 23:12

She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.

Amos 5:11

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

Ezekiel 23:23

the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.

Isaiah 32:12

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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