# H4261 מַחְמָד

מַחְמָד (machmâd), Strong’s H4261: delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire KJV: beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).. Occurs 12 times.

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

KJV: beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).

Derived from [חָמַד châmad](https://besorah.bible/word/H2530) (to delight in)

Occurs 12 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַחְמָד n.m. desire, desirable thing

## Where it occurs
- [1 Kings 20:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=6) — but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your…
- [Isaiah 64:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/64?v=10) — Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid…
- [Ezekiel 24:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/24?v=16) — “Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor…
- [Ezekiel 24:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/24?v=21) — ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “The Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the…
- [Ezekiel 24:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/24?v=25) — “You, son of man, shouldn’t it be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire…
- [Hosea 9:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/9?v=6) — For, behold, when they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their…
- [Hosea 9:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/9?v=16) — Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, yet I will kill the…
- [Joel 4:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/4?v=5) — Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
- [Song of Songs 5:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/5?v=16) — His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
- [Lamentations 1:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/1?v=10) — The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things; for she has seen that the nations have entered into…