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. Esther 2:9 חֶ֣סֶד Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.

  2. Esther 2:17 וָחֶ֛סֶד va.Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

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