חֶ֫סֶד

che.sed · kindness

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

English

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. Judges 1:24 חָֽסֶד׃ Cha.sed · A person, place or thing

    And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

  2. Judges 8:35 חֶ֔סֶד Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel.

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