Machmâd — H4261

Definition

masculine noun

delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire

1. desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing

Usually translated as

desire, pleasant, beloved, goodly, lovely

Origin

from H2530

• Derived from Châmad (H2530)

Greek equivalents

• éndoxos (G1741)

Occurrences

Machmâd occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (1), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (3), Hosea (2), Joel (1)

• 1 Kings 20:6 — 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 (מַחְמַ֣ד) in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
• 2 Chronicles 36:19 — And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly (מַחֲמַדֶּ֖יהָ) vessels thereof.
• Song of Songs 5:16 — His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely (מַחֲמַדִּ֑ים). This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 64:11 — Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things (מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּ) are laid waste.
• Lamentations 1:10 — The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things (מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָ): for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
• Lamentations 2:4 — He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant (מַחֲמַדֵּי) to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
• Ezekiel 24:16 — Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire (מַחְמַ֥ד) of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
• Ezekiel 24:21 — Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire (מַחְמַ֥ד) of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
• Ezekiel 24:25 — Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire (מַחְמַ֤ד) of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
• Hosea 9:6 — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant (מַחְמַ֣ד) places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
• Hosea 9:16 — Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved (מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י) fruit of their womb.
• Joel 3:5 — Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things (וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙):