Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
delight
Usage: desire, delight, beauty, desirable, pleasant
Strong's Number
H2531
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
6
Books
3
Strong's H2531 Quick Answer
Strong's H2531 חֶמֶד (chemed) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chemed (kheh'-med) n-m. 1. delight [om H2530] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include desirable and pleasant. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- chemed (kheh'-med) n-m. 1. delight [om H2530]
- Usage
- 6 linked usages
- Books
- 3 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- desirable and pleasant
Meaning and Definition
chemed (kheh'-med) n-m. 1. delight [om H2530] KJV: desirable, pleasant. Root(s): H2530
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2531. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H2531 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chemed, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
desirable
Ezekiel 23:6
3×
pleasant
Isaiah 32:12
2×
How Strong's H2531 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 6 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H2531 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H2531 in the Old Testament
6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
Usage Excerpts
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2531.
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2531, grouped by book.
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H2531 FAQ
What does chemed (חֶמֶד) mean?
Chemed (Strong's H2531) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "desirable". chemed (kheh'-med) n-m. 1. delight [om H2530]
How many times is chemed (חֶמֶד) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H2531 across 3 books.
Where can I study chemed (חֶמֶד) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2531 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate chemed (חֶמֶד)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as desirable and pleasant. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.