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חֵסֵד (H2617)

chêçêd

kheh'-sed

from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

חֶ֫סֶד n.m. shame, reproach
חֶ֫סֶד 247 n.m. goodness, kindness
I of man:
1 kindness of men toward men, in doing favours and benefits
2 kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy
3 (rarely) affection of Isr. to י׳, love to God, piety
4 lovely appearance
II of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures.

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


241 occurrences

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  • Psalms 63:3
    Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
  • Psalms 66:20
    Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
  • Psalms 69:13
    But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
  • Psalms 69:16
    Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
  • Psalms 77:8
    Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
  • Psalms 85:7
    Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
  • Psalms 85:10
    Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
  • Psalms 86:5
    For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
  • Psalms 86:13
    For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
  • Psalms 86:15
    But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.