Quick facts
- Strong’s Number
- H2617
- Original Word
- חֵסֵד
- Transliteration
- chêçêd
- Pronunciation
- kheh'-sed
- Part of Speech
- noun masc
- Root / Etymology
- from H2616 (חָסַד);
- Frequency
- 248×
- Gematria
- 72
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Definition
1.steadfast love, covenant loyalty
The loyal love God shows to those bound to Him by covenant — faithful, enduring, and merciful even when His people fail.
Exodus 34:6; Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 136:1
2.kindness, mercy toward others
Practical goodness shown to people in need — the human mirroring of God’s own mercy, prized above sacrifice.
Ruth 1:8; Micah 6:8; Proverbs 19:22
3.reproof, disgrace (rare)
In a handful of passages the word turns inside out — kindness withheld or twisted becomes shame and reproach.
Leviticus 20:17
favourgood deed(-liness-ness)kindly(loving-) kindnessmerciful (kindness)mercypityreproachwicked thing.
from H2616 (חָסַד);
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