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Strong's numbers

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

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Psalms 94:18
    When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
  • Psalms 98:3
    He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Psalms 100:5
    For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
  • Psalms 101:1
    A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
  • Psalms 103:4
    Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
  • Psalms 103:8
    The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
  • Psalms 103:11
    For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
  • Psalms 103:17
    But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
  • Psalms 106:1
    Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Psalms 106:7
    Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.