חָסִיד
châçîyd · khaw-seed'
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2616 (חָסַד);
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-) godly.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 hand that works › the doorway, the way in
To separate and protect that works to support and uphold of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָסִיד 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
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of his saints4 · 13%
- with the merciful2 · 7%
- and let thy saints2 · 7%
- be with thy holy1 · 3%
- him that is godly1 · 3%
- for the godly man1 · 3%
- thine holy one1 · 3%
- o ye saints1 · 3%
- all ye his saints1 · 3%
- for this shall every one that is godly1 · 3%
- not his saints1 · 3%
- against an ungodly1 · 3%
- my saints1 · 3%
- before thy saints1 · 3%
- of thy saints1 · 3%
- and to his saints1 · 3%
- for i am holy1 · 3%
- to thy holy one1 · 3%
- and her saints1 · 3%
- and thy saints1 · 3%
- and holy1 · 3%
- of all his saints1 · 3%
- of saints1 · 3%
- let the saints1 · 3%
- have all his saints1 · 3%
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.