Strong's Hebrew · H2617
חֵסֵד
chêçêd · kheh'-sed
favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Definition
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Derivation
from H2616 (חָסַד);
Appears 247 times in Scripture
“saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.””
“Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.””
“Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.”
“Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.””
“the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.”
“Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.””
“So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’””
“But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.”
““O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.”
“I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).