Hebrew word study
חֵסֵד H2617
- Transliteration
- chêçêd
- Pronunciation
- kheh'-sed
- KJV glosses
- favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Lexical summary
kindness
by implication (towards God) piety
rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
kindness
by implication (towards God) piety
rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information