Definition

desired; hence, a valuable

Etymology

or מַחְמוּד; from H2530 (חָמַד);

Word family

• חָמַד châmad

How the KJV renders it

• pleasant thing

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.