Strong’s H2531 · Hebrew
חֶמֶד
chemed
kheh'-med
Definition
delight
Etymology
from H2530 (חָמַד);
Where the KJV renders it
- desirable
- pleasant
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
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