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delight

Meaning of “delight”

Sense 1: To take or give great pleasure or satisfaction. Sense 2: A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind; joy.

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First occurrence: Genesis 34:19

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2 Samuel 15:26
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 15:26 · retained source text

But if he thus say, I haue no delight in thee: beholde, here am I, let him doe to me, as seemeth good vnto him.

2 Samuel 24:3
And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 24:3 · retained source text

And Ioab sayde vnto the King, Now the LORD thy God adde vnto the people (how many soeuer they be) an hundred folde, and that the eyes of my lorde the king may see it: but why doeth my lord the king delight in this thing?

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