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Lexicon :: Strong's H2617 - ḥeseḏ

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חֶסֶד
Transliteration
ḥeseḏ
Pronunciation
kheh'-sed
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 698a,699a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶסֶד cheçed, kheh'-sed; from H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty:—favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 248x

The KJV translates Strong's H2617 in the following manner: mercy (149x), kindness (40x), lovingkindness (30x), goodness (12x), kindly (5x), merciful (4x), favour (3x), good (1x), goodliness (1x), pity (1x), reproach (1x), wicked thing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 248x
The KJV translates Strong's H2617 in the following manner: mercy (149x), kindness (40x), lovingkindness (30x), goodness (12x), kindly (5x), merciful (4x), favour (3x), good (1x), goodliness (1x), pity (1x), reproach (1x), wicked thing (1x).
  1. goodness, kindness, faithfulness

  2. a reproach, shame

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶסֶד cheçed, kheh'-sed; from H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty:—favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
STRONGS H2617: Abbreviations
חֶ֫סֶד 247 noun masculine 2 Samuel 16:17 goodness, kindness; — absolute ח׳ Genesis 24:12 + 85 times; חָ֑סֶד Genesis 39:21 + 12 times; construct חֶסֶד 1 Samuel 20:14 + 8 times; suffix חַסְדִּי Psalm 59:18 [Psalm 59:17] + 120 times suffixes; plural חֲסָדִים Genesis 32:11; construct חַסֵדֵי Isaiah 55:3 + 5 times (BaerJes p. 79 Ges§ 93, R, 1. F.); suffix חֲסָדַי Nehemiah 13:14 + 10 times suffixes; (not in H or P).
I. of man:
1. kindness of men towards men, in doing favours and benefits 1 Samuel 20:15; 2 Samuel 16:17; Psalm 141:5; Proverbs 19:22; Proverbs 20:6; יהוה ח׳ 1 Samuel 20:14 the kindness of י׳ (such as he shews, Thes MV; that sworn to by oath to Yahweh Mich Dathe; shewn out of reverence to Yahweh Th Ke); compare אלהים ח׳ 2 Samuel 9:3; תּוֺרַתאח׳ Proverbs 31:26 instruction in kindness, kindly instruction עָשָׂה חֶסֶד עִמָּדִי do or shew kindness (in dealing) with me Genesis 20:13; Genesis 40:14 (E), 1 Samuel 20:14; 2 Samuel 10:2 (עִמִּי in || 1 Chronicles 19:2); with עִם Genesis 21:23 (E), Genesis 24:12, 14; Joshua 2:12 (twice in verse); Judges 1:24 (J), Judges 8:35; 1 Samuel 15:6; 2 Samuel 2:5; 2 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 9:1; 2 Samuel 9:3; 2 Samuel 9:7, 2 Samuel 10:2a1 Chronicles 19:2a, 1 Chronicles 19:2b 2 Chronicles 24:22; with עַל 1 Samuel 20:8 with לְ 1 Kings 2:7; לפני נשׂא ח׳ obtain kindness before Esther 2:9, 17; היטיב ח׳ Ruth 3:10.
2. kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy Proverbs 20:28; Job 6:14; אישׁ חסד merciful man Proverbs 11:17 (opposed to אַכְזָרִי); מַלְכֵּי ח׳ merciful kings 1 Kings 20:31; עשׂה ח׳ Psalm 109:16; in this sense usually with other attributes (see also below II. 2); || אמת Hosea 4:1; Isaiah 16:5; ואמת ח׳ Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 14:22; Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 20:28; ואמת עשׂה ח׳ Genesis 24:49; Genesis 47:29; Joshua 2:14 (J; RV gives thse under 1); || צדקה Hosea 10:12; צדקה וח׳ Proverbs 21:21; || משׁפט Micah 6:8; ומשׁפט ח׳ Hosea 12:7; || חוֺנֵן Psalm 109:12; ורחמים ח׳ Zechariah 7:9; Daniel 1:9. — (On Hosea 6:4, 6 see 3 below).
3. (rarely) affection of Israel to י׳ love to God, piety: נְעוּרַיִךְ ח׳ Jeremiah 2:2 priety of thy youth (|| love of thine espousals to Yahweh); possibly also חַסְדְּכֶם כַּעֲנַןבֹּֿקֶר Hosea 6:4 your piety is like a morning cloud (fleeting), and כִּי חֶסֶד חָפַצְתִּי וְלאֹזָֿ֑בַח Hosea 6:6 for piety I delight in and not in peace-offering (|| דעת אלהים, compare 1 Samuel 15:22); — so Wü Now Hi (1 Samuel 15:4) Che; Ke Hi (1 Samuel 15:6) others below 2 (or 1); — נַנְשֵׁי חֶסֶד men of piety Isaiah 57:1 (|| צַדִּיק); plural pious acts 2 Chronicles 32:32; 35:26; Nehemiah 13:14.
4. lovely appearance: כָּלחַֿסְדּוֺ כְּצִיץ הַשָֹּׁדֶה Isaiah 40:6 all its loveliness as the flower of the field (so Thes Hi De Che Di and others; but δόξα Greek Version of the LXX 1 Peter 1:24 & gloria Vulgate favour an original reading הוֺדוֺ Lo or כְּבֹדוֺ Ew, see BrMP 375; Du הֲדָרוֺ).
II. of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures. He is חַסְדָּם their goodness favour Jonah 2:9; חַסְדִּי Psalm 144:2; אֱלֹהֵי חַסְדִּי God of my kindness Psalm 59:18; in Psalm 59:11 read אֱלֹהַי חַסְדּוֺ my God with his kindness Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Ew Hup De Pe Che Bae; his is the kindness Psalm 62:13 [Psalm 62:12]; it is with him Psalm 130:7; he delights in it Micah 7:18.
1. specifically lovingkindness:
b. in preservation of life from death Psalm 6:5; Psalm 86:13; Job 10:12.
d. in redemption from sin Psalm 25:7; Psalm 51:3.
e. in keeping the covenants, with Abraham Micah 7:20; with Moses and Israel שׁמר הַבְּרִית וְ(הַ)חֶסֶד keepeth the covenant and the lovingkindness Deuteronomy 7:9, 12; 1 Kings 8:23 2 Chronicles 6:14; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Daniel 9:4; with David and his dynasty 2 Samuel 7:151 Chronicles 17:13; 2 Samuel 22:51=Psalm 18:51, 1 Kings 3:6 (twice in verse)=2 Chronicles 1:8; Psalm 89:29; Psalm 89:34; with the wife Zion Isaiah 54:10.
2. חֶסֶד is grouped with other divine attributes: חסד ואמת kindness (lovingkindness) and fidelity Genesis 24:27 (J), Psalm 25:10; Psalm 41:11; Psalm 40:12; Psalm 57:4; Psalm 61:8; Psalm 85:11; Psalm 89:15; Psalm 115:1; Psalm 138:2; ואמת עם עשׂה ח׳ 2 Samuel 2:6; 2 Samuel 15:20 (Greek Version of the LXX, see Dr); with אֶתֿ Genesis 24:49; ואמת רַב ח׳ Exodus 34:6 (JE), Psalm 86:15; also || אמת Micah 7:20; Psalm 26:3; Psalm 117:2; || אֱמוּנָה Psalm 88:12; Psalm 89:3; Psalm 92:3; אמונה וח׳ Psalm 89:25; ואמונה ח׳ Psalm 98:3; || רחמים Psalm 77:9; ורחמים ח׳ Jeremiah 16:5; Hosea 2:21; Psalm 103:4; ומשׁפט ח׳ Jeremiah 9:23; Psalm 101:1; || צדקה Psalm 36:11; טוב וח׳ Psalm 23:6.
3. the kindness of God is
a. abundant: רַבחֶֿסֶד abundant, plenteous in kindness (goodness) Numbers 14:18 (J), Nehemiah 9:17 (Qr), Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 103:8 (compare Exodus 34:6 J E; Psalm 86:15); רֹב חַסְדְּךָ Nehemiah 13:22; Psalm 5:8; Psalm 69:14; Psalm 106:7 (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Aq Targan, to be preferred to MT חֲסָדֶיךָ); רֹב חֲסָדָו֯ Lamentations 3:32; Psalm 106:45 (Kt Greek Version of the LXX in both to be preferred).
b. great in extent: נֹּדֶל חִ׳ greatness of thy mercy Numbers 14:19 (J); נְּדָו֯וֺלחֿ׳ Psalm 145:8; it is kept for thousands Exodus 34:7 (JE), Jeremiah 32:18, especially of those connected with lovers of י׳, Exodus 20:6Deuteronomy 5:10; for 1000 generations Deuteronomy 7:9; it is great as the heavens Psalm 57:11; Psalm 103:11, compare Psalm 36:6; Psalm 108:5; the earth is full of it Psalm 33:5; Psalm 119:64.
c. everlasting: לעולם חסדוֺ Jeremiah 33:11; 1 Chronicles 16:34, 41; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 7:3, 6; 20:21; Ezra 3:11; Psalm 100:5; Psalm 106:1; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 118:1; Psalm 118:2; Psalm 118:3; Psalm 118:4; Psalm 118:29; Psalm 136:1 (26 times); חסדךָ לעולם Psalm 138:8; מעולם ח׳ ועד עולם Psalm 103:17; עולם ח׳ Isaiah 54:8; אל כּל ח׳ היום Psalm 52:3.
d. good: כִּיטֿוֺב חַסְדְּךָ Psalm 69:17; Psalm 109:21; כי טוב חסדךָ מחיים Psalm 63:4.
4. plural mercies, deeds of kindness, the historic displays of lovingkindness to Israel: shewn to Jacob Genesis 32:11 (R); but mostly late Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 25:6; Psalm 89:2; כְּרֹב חסִדיו Isaiah 63:7, see 3a; promised in the Davidic covenant Psalm Isa 89:50; חַסְדֵי דָוִיד mercies to David Isaiah 55:3; 2 Chronicles 6:42; mercies in general Lamentations 3:22; Psalm 17:7; Psalm 107:43f. — חֶסֶד in proper name, masculine בןחֿ׳ see below בֵּן. On Leviticus 20:17; Proverbs 14:34 see חֶסֶד below II. חסד.

† II. חֶ֫סֶד noun masculine shame, reproach, only absolute: — הוּא ח׳ Leviticus 20:17 (H) it is a shame (shameful thing); לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת ח׳ Proverbs 14:34 sin is a reproach to peoples.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:19; 20:13; 21:23; 24:12; 24:12; 24:14; 24:27; 24:49; 24:49; 32:11; 32:11; 39:21; 39:21; 40:14; 47:29

Exodus

15:13; 20:6; 34:6; 34:6; 34:7

Leviticus

20:17; 20:17

Numbers

14:18; 14:19

Deuteronomy

5:10; 7:9; 7:9; 7:12

Joshua

2:12; 2:14

Judges

1:24; 8:35

Ruth

1:8; 2:20; 3:10

1 Samuel

15:4; 15:6; 15:6; 15:22; 20:8; 20:14; 20:14; 20:14; 20:15

2 Samuel

2:5; 2:6; 3:8; 7:15; 9:1; 9:3; 9:3; 9:7; 10:2; 10:2; 15:20; 16:17; 16:17; 22:51

1 Kings

2:7; 3:6; 8:23; 20:31

1 Chronicles

16:34; 16:41; 17:13; 19:2; 19:2; 19:2

2 Chronicles

1:8; 5:13; 6:14; 6:42; 7:3; 7:6; 20:21; 24:22; 32:32; 35:26

Ezra

3:11; 7:28; 9:9

Nehemiah

1:5; 9:17; 9:32; 13:14; 13:14; 13:22

Esther

2:9; 2:17

Job

6:14; 10:12; 37:13

Psalms

5:8; 6:5; 13:6; 17:7; 21:8; 23:6; 25:6; 25:7; 25:10; 26:3; 31:8; 31:17; 31:22; 32:10; 33:5; 33:18; 33:22; 36:6; 36:8; 36:11; 36:11; 40:12; 41:11; 42:9; 44:26; 48:10; 51:3; 52:3; 52:9; 57:4; 57:11; 59:11; 59:17; 59:17; 61:8; 62:12; 63:4; 66:20; 69:14; 69:17; 77:9; 85:8; 85:11; 86:5; 86:13; 86:15; 86:15; 88:12; 89:2; 89:3; 89:15; 89:25; 89:29; 89:34; 90:14; 92:3; 94:18; 98:3; 100:5; 101:1; 103:4; 103:8; 103:11; 103:17; 106:1; 106:7; 106:45; 107:1; 107:8; 107:15; 107:21; 107:31; 107:43; 108:5; 109:12; 109:16; 109:21; 109:26; 115:1; 117:2; 118:1; 118:2; 118:3; 118:4; 118:29; 119:41; 119:64; 119:76; 119:88; 119:124; 119:149; 119:159; 130:7; 136:1; 138:2; 138:8; 141:5; 143:8; 143:12; 144:2; 145:8; 147:11

Proverbs

3:3; 11:17; 14:22; 14:34; 14:34; 16:6; 19:22; 20:6; 20:28; 20:28; 21:21; 31:26

Isaiah

16:5; 40:6; 54:8; 54:10; 55:3; 55:3; 57:1; 63:7; 63:7

Jeremiah

2:2; 9:23; 16:5; 31:3; 32:18; 33:11

Lamentations

3:22; 3:32

Daniel

1:9; 9:4

Hosea

2:21; 4:1; 6:4; 6:4; 6:6; 6:6; 10:12; 12:7

Joel

2:13

Jonah

2:9; 4:2

Micah

6:8; 7:18; 7:20; 7:20

Zechariah

7:9

1 Peter

1:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2617 matches the Hebrew חֶסֶד (ḥeseḏ),
which occurs 251 times in 241 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (Psa 51:1–Psa 109:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. When [fn]Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness H2617;

According to the abundance of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:1 -

For the choir director. A [fn]Maskil of David. [fn]When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?

The lovingkindness H2617 of God endures all day long.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 -

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;

I trust in the lovingkindness H2617 of God forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 -

He will send from heaven and save me;

He reproaches him who [fn]tramples upon me. [fn]Selah.

God will send His lovingkindness H2617 and His [fn]truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10 -

For Your lovingkindness H2617 is great to the heavens

And Your [fn]truth to the skies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:10 -

[fn]My God in His lovingkindness H2617 will approach me;

God will let me look triumphantly upon [fn]my foes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 -

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;

And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness H2617 in the morning,

For You have been my stronghold

And a refuge in the day of my distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:17 -

O my strength, I will sing praises to You;

For God is my stronghold, the [fn]God who shows me lovingkindness H2617.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 -

He will sit enthroned before God forever;

Appoint lovingkindness H2617 and truth that they may guard him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 -

And that to You, O Lord, belongs lovingkindness H2617,

For You repay a man according to his work.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 -

Because Your lovingkindness H2617 is better than life,

My lips will laud You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:20 -

Blessed be God,

Who has not turned away my prayer

Nor His lovingkindness H2617 from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:13 -

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, at an acceptable time;

O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness H2617,

Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 -

Answer me, O Yahweh, for Your lovingkindness H2617 is good;

According to the abundance of Your compassion, turn to me,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 -

Has His lovingkindness H2617 ceased forever?

Has His [fn]word ended [fn]from generation to generation?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:7 -

Show us, O Yahweh, Your lovingkindness H2617,

And give us Your salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:10 -

Lovingkindness H2617 and [fn]truth have met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 -

For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving,

And abundant in lovingkindness H2617 to all who call upon You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 -

For Your lovingkindness H2617 toward me is great,

And You have delivered my soul from Sheol below.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 -

But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious,

Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness H2617 and [fn]truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:11 -

Will Your lovingkindness H2617 be recounted in the grave,

Your faithfulness in [fn]Abaddon?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:1 -

A [fn]Maskil of [fn]Ethan [fn]the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the lovingkindnesses H2617 of Yahweh forever;

From generation to generation I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:2 -

For I have said, “Lovingkindness H2617 will be built up forever;

In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:14 -

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

Lovingkindness H2617 and [fn]truth go before You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:24 -

“My faithfulness and My lovingkindness H2617 will be with him,

And in My name his horn will be exalted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:28 -

“My lovingkindness H2617 I will keep for him forever,

And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:33 -

“But I will not break off My lovingkindness H2617 from him,

Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:49 -

Where are Your former lovingkindnesses H2617, O Lord,

Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:14 -

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness H2617,

That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:2 -

To declare Your lovingkindness H2617 in the morning

And Your faithfulness [fn]by night,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:18 -

If I should say, “My foot has stumbled,”

Your lovingkindness H2617, O Yahweh, will hold me up.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 -

He has remembered His lovingkindness H2617 and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5 -

For Yahweh is good;

His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever

And His faithfulness, generation unto generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:1 -

Of David. A Psalm.

I will sing of lovingkindness H2617 and [fn]justice,

To You, O Yahweh, I will sing praises.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 -

Who redeems your life from the pit,

Who crowns you with lovingkindness H2617 and compassion;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8 -

Yahweh is compassionate and gracious,

Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness H2617.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:11 -

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

So great is His lovingkindness H2617 toward those who [fn]fear Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:17 -

But the lovingkindness H2617 of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who [fn]fear Him,

And His [fn]righteousness to children’s children,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1 -

[fn]Praise Yah!

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 -

Our fathers in Egypt did not consider Your wondrous deeds;

They did not remember Your abundant lovingkindnesses H2617,

But they rebelled by the sea, at the [fn]Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:45 -

And He remembered for them His covenant,

And [fn]relented according to the abundance of His lovingkindness H2617.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:1 -

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness H2617,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness H2617,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness H2617,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness H2617,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:43 -

Who is wise? Let him keep these things,

And carefully consider the lovingkindnesses H2617 of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:4 -

For Your lovingkindness H2617 is great above the heavens,

And Your truth reaches to the skies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 -

Let there be none to [fn]extend lovingkindness H2617 to him,

And let there be none to be gracious to his orphans.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 -

Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness H2617,

But persecuted the afflicted, the needy man,

And the disheartened to put them to death.


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