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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

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

  • 2 Samuel 15:20
    Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
  • 2 Samuel 16:17
    And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
  • 2 Samuel 22:51
    He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
  • 1 Kings 2:7
    But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
  • 1 Kings 3:6
    And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
  • 1 Kings 8:23
    And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
  • 1 Kings 20:31
    And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:34
    O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:41
    And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
  • 1 Chronicles 17:13
    I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: