Strong's Hebrew · H2836

חָשַׁק

châshaq · khaw-shak'

have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.

Definition

to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver

Derivation

a primitive root; also interchangeable for H2820 (חָשַׂךְ)

Appears 11 times in Scripture

Deuteronomy 21:11

if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,

Psalms 91:14

“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

Exodus 27:17

All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

Deuteronomy 7:7

The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

1 Kings 9:19

as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.

2 Chronicles 8:6

as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

Genesis 34:8

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Exodus 38:17

The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

Exodus 38:28

With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

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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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