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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 4 / 5 (Psa 109:21–Psa 145:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21 -

But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake;

Because Your lovingkindness H2617 is good, deliver me;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:26 -

Help me, O Yahweh my God;

Save me according to Your lovingkindness H2617.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:1 -

Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us,

But to Your name give glory

Because of Your lovingkindness H2617, because of Your [fn]truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2 -

For His lovingkindness H2617 prevails over us,

And the [fn]truth of Yahweh is everlasting.

[fn]Praise Yah!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:1 -

Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 -

Oh let Israel say,

“His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:3 -

Oh let the house of Aaron say,

“His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:4 -

Oh let those who [fn]fear Yahweh say,

“His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:29 -

Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:41 -

Vav

May Your lovingkindnesses H2617 also come to me, O Yahweh,

Your salvation according to Your [fn]word;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:64 -

The earth, O Yahweh, is full of Your lovingkindness H2617;

Teach me Your statutes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 -

Oh may Your lovingkindness H2617 [fn]comfort me,

According to Your [fn]word to Your slave.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:88 -

Revive me according to Your lovingkindness H2617,

So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:124 -

Deal with Your slave according to Your lovingkindness H2617

And teach me Your statutes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:149 -

Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness H2617;

O Yahweh, revive me, according to Your judgments.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 -

See how I love Your precepts;

O Yahweh, revive me according to Your lovingkindness H2617.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:7 -

O Israel, wait for Yahweh;

For with Yahweh there is lovingkindness H2617,

And with Him is abundant redemption.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:1 -

Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:2 -

Give thanks to the God of gods,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:3 -

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:4 -

To Him who alone does great [fn]wonders,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:5 -

To Him who made the heavens with [fn]skill,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:6 -

To Him who spread out the earth above the waters,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:7 -

To Him who made the great lights,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:8 -

The sun to rule [fn]by day,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 -

The moon and stars to rule [fn]by night,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:10 -

To Him who struck [fn]the Egyptians through their firstborn,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:11 -

Then brought Israel out from their midst,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:12 -

With a strong hand and an outstretched arm,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 -

To Him who divided the [fn]Red Sea in two,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:14 -

And made Israel pass through the midst of it,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 -

But He [fn]overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the [fn]Red Sea,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:16 -

To Him who led His people through the wilderness,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:17 -

To Him who struck great kings,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18 -

And killed [fn]mighty kings,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:19 -

Sihon, king of the Amorites,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

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And Og, king of Bashan,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:21 -

And gave their land as an inheritance,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:22 -

Even an inheritance to Israel His servant,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:23 -

Who remembered us in our low estate,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24 -

And has snatched us from our adversaries,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:25 -

Who gives food to all flesh,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:26 -

Give thanks to the God of heaven,

For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:2 -

I will worship toward Your holy temple

And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness H2617 and Your [fn]truth;

For You have magnified Your [fn]word [fn]according to all Your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:8 -

Yahweh will accomplish what concerns me;

O Yahweh, Your lovingkindness H2617 endures forever;

Do not fail the works of Your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 -

Let the righteous smite me in lovingkindness H2617 and reprove me;

It is oil upon the head;

Let not my head refuse it,

[fn]For still my prayer is [fn]against their evil deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:8 -

Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness H2617 in the morning;

For I trust in You;

Cause me to know the way in which I should walk;

For to You I lift up my soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 -

And in Your lovingkindness H2617, [fn]cut off my enemies

And cause all those who assail my soul to perish,

For I am Your slave.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:2 -

My lovingkindness H2617 and my fortress,

My stronghold and my deliverer,

My shield and He in whom I take refuge,

Who subdues [fn]my people under me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:8 -

Heth

Yahweh is gracious and compassionate;

Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness H2617.


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