Strong's Definition
to delight in
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
TWOT Reference: 673
Outline of Biblical Usage
v
1) to desire, covet, take pleasure in, delight in
1a) (Qal) to desire
1b) (Niphal) to be desirable
1c) (Piel) to delight greatly, desire greatly
n f
2) desirableness, preciousness
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָמַד
châmad
BDB Definition:
1) to desire, covet, take pleasure in, delight in (verb)
1a) (Qal) to desire
1b) (Niphal) to be desirable
1c) (Piel) to delight greatly, desire greatly
2) desirableness, preciousness (noun feminine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 673
Total KJV Occurrences: 29