Definition

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• any at all
• (have
• take) delight
• desire
• favour
• like
• move
• be (well) pleased
• have pleasure
• will
• would

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.