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. Jonah 2:8 חַסְדָּ֖ם chas.Dam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.

  2. Jonah 4:2 חֶ֔סֶד Che.sed · A person, place or thing

    And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

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