חֶ֫סֶד

che.sed · kindness

Hebrew · Strong's H2617 · Noun · Sounds like: kheh'-sed · 247 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • kindness H2617A 245
  • shame H2617B 2

Strong's dictionary

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
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.
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חֶ֫סֶד n.m. shame, reproach

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 2:7 חֶ֔סֶד Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    But show 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 from Absalom thy brother.

  2. 1 Kings 3:6 חֶ֣סֶד Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, 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 lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  3. 1 Kings 3:6 הַחֶ֤סֶד ha.Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, 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 lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  4. 1 Kings 8:23 וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶד ve.ha.Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;

  5. 1 Kings 20:31 חֶ֖סֶד Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we 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.

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