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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

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  • Psalms 147:11
    The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
  • Proverbs 3:3
    Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
  • Proverbs 11:17
    The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
  • Proverbs 14:22
    Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
  • Proverbs 14:34
    Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
  • Proverbs 16:6
    By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
  • Proverbs 19:22
    The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
  • Proverbs 20:6
    Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
  • Proverbs 20:28
    Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
  • Proverbs 21:21
    He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.