Strong's Lexicon

H4261

H4261 — מַחמָד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmachmadnoun mascOccurrences: 12TWOT: 673de

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4261
Word:מַחמָד
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H2530
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:12
Transliteration:machmad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:makh-mawd'
Meaning:1. delightful 2. (hence) a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire
KJV Renderings:beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2844

מַחְמַד noun masculine desire, desirable thing — absolute מַחְמַד Hos 9:6 construct id. 1Kgs 20:6 + 3 t. Ezekiel; plural מַחֲמַדַּים Song 5:16 construct מַחֲמַדֵּי Lam 2:4; Hos 9:16 suffix מַחֲמַדַּי Joel 4:5 מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ Isa 64:10 מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ 2Chr 36:19; Lam 1:10 מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם Lam 1:11 Qr (see also מַחְמֹד); — desirable, precious things ׳ כלימֿ 2Chr 36:19 singular collective Hos 9:6 plural Joel 4:5 ; Isa 64:10 ; Lam 1:10; Lam 1:11 ( Qr ), בִּטְנָם ׳ מ Hos 9:16 see especially plural intensive כֻּלּוֺ מַחֲמַדִּים Song 5:16 all of him is delightfulness (|| מַמְתַֿקִּים); elsewhere מַחְמַד עינים desire of the eyes, i.e. that in which the eyes take delight 1Kgs 20:6; Ezek 24:16 (of prophet's wife), Ezek 24:21 v Ezek 24:25 plural Lam 2:4.


BDB4598

מַחְמַד [מַחְמֹד, מַחֲמֻדִים] see חמד


[מַחְמָל] see חמל . מַחְמֶ֫צֶת see I. חמץ .


מַחֲנֶה, מַחֲנִהדָֿן, מַחֲנַיִם see חנה .


מַחֲנָק see חנק , מַחְסֶה, מַחֲסֶה see חסה .


מַחְסוֺם see חסם . מַחְסוֺר see חסר


מַחְסֵיָה see חסה .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחמד (magh-mahd’)

1 Kings 20:6

KJV: Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.pleasant: Heb. desirable
EHCC: whatsoever is pleasant inthineeyes, (marg.

2 Chronicles 86:19

EHCC: all the goodly vessels thereof.

Song of Songs 5:16

KJV: His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.mouth: Heb. palate
EHCC: yea, he (is) altogether ‘ao.

Isaiah 64:11

KJV: Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
EHCC: (10). all our pleasant things are laid

Lamentations 1:10

KJV: The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.pleasant: or, desirable
EHCC: his hand upon all Aer pleasant things:

Lamentations 2:4

KJV: He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.all…: Heb. all the desirable of the eye
EHCC: all (that were) pleasant to the eye

Hosea 9:6

KJV: For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.destruction: Heb. spoilthe…: or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle, etc.: Heb. the desire
EHCC: the pleasant (places) for their silver, (lit.

Joel 8:5

EHCC: (4:5).and have carried into your temples
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