חֵסֵד
chêçêd · kheh'-sed
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2616 (חָסַד);
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- kindness
- by implication, (towards God) piety
- rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to support and uphold › the doorway, the way in
To separate and protect that works to support and uphold of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֵסֵד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
247 occurrences · 247 OT · 0 NT · 109 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for his mercy33 · 22%
- mercy25 · 17%
- kindness20 · 14%
- and mercy7 · 5%
- of thy mercy6 · 4%
- kindly5 · 3%
- in mercy4 · 3%
- thy lovingkindness4 · 3%
- for his goodness4 · 3%
- his mercy3 · 2%
- lovingkindness3 · 2%
- because his mercy3 · 2%
- thy mercy3 · 2%
- for thy mercy3 · 2%
- that his mercy3 · 2%
- for thy lovingkindness3 · 2%
- of my mercy2 · 1%
- according to thy lovingkindness2 · 1%
- in thy mercy2 · 1%
- me for thy mercies2 · 1%
- and favour2 · 1%
- in his mercy2 · 1%
- and his goodness2 · 1%
- my mercy2 · 1%
- and the mercy2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.