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חֶ֫סֶד

che.sedH2617

kindness

Used 247 times in the tagged text.

H2617A · חֶ֫סֶד · kindness

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • goodness, kindness, faithfulness

H2617B · חֶ֫סֶד · shame

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • a reproach, shame

Same idea, other words · Steadfast love and mercy

God's covenant faithfulness shows up in several words. The Old Testament's hesed is loyal love; the Greek Old Testament translates it with eleos, and the New Testament adds charis for grace freely given.

Where it appears

  • Genesis11
  • Exodus4
  • Leviticus1
  • Numbers2
  • Deuteronomy3
  • Joshua3
  • Judges2
  • Ruth3
  • 1 Samuel4
  • 2 Samuel12
  • 1 Kings5
  • 1 Chronicles5
  • 2 Chronicles10
  • Ezra3
  • Nehemiah5
  • Esther2
  • Job3
  • Psalms127
  • Proverbs11
  • Isaiah8
  • Jeremiah6
  • Lamentations2
  • Daniel2
  • Hosea6
  • Joel1
  • Jonah2
  • Micah3
  • Zechariah1

Every use · 201–247 of 247 · BSB

  1. Psalms 143:8חַסְדֶּךָ֮covenant loyalty your

    Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

  2. Psalms 143:12וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ֮and in covenant loyalty your

    And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

  3. Psalms 144:2חַסְדִּ֥יcovenant loyalty my

    He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

  4. Psalms 145:8חָֽסֶדcovenant loyalty

    The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

  5. Psalms 147:11לְחַסְדּֽוֹfor covenant loyalty his

    The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

  6. Proverbs 3:3חֶ֥סֶדloyalty

    Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  7. Proverbs 11:17חָ֑סֶדloyalty

    A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

  8. Proverbs 14:22וְחֶ֥סֶדand loyalty

    Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.

  9. Proverbs 14:34וְחֶ֖סֶדand [is] a shame

    Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

  10. Proverbs 16:6בְּחֶ֣סֶדby loyalty

    By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

  11. Proverbs 19:22חַסְדּ֑וֹloyalty his

    The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

  12. Proverbs 20:6חַסְדּ֑וֹloyalty his

    Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?

  13. Proverbs 20:28חֶ֣סֶדloyalty

    Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

  14. Proverbs 20:28בַּחֶ֣סֶדby <the> loyalty

    Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

  15. Proverbs 21:21וָחָ֑סֶדand loyalty

    He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  16. Proverbs 31:26חֶ֝֗סֶדloyalty

    She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

  17. Isaiah 16:5בַּחֶ֙סֶד֙in <the> covenant loyalty

    in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

  18. Isaiah 40:6חַסְדּ֖וֹloyalty its

    A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

  19. Isaiah 54:8וּבְחֶ֥סֶדand in covenant loyalty of

    In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

  20. Isaiah 54:10וְחַסְדִּ֞יand covenant loyalty my

    Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

  21. Isaiah 55:3חַֽסְדֵ֥י[the] covenant loyalti<es> of

    Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.

  22. Isaiah 57:1חֶ֤סֶדloyalty

    The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

  23. Isaiah 63:7חַֽסְדֵ֨י[the] covenant loyalti<es> of

    I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

  24. Isaiah 63:7חֲסָדָֽיוcovenant loyalti<es> his

    I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

  25. Jeremiah 2:2חֶ֣סֶד[the] covenant loyalty of

    “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

  26. Jeremiah 9:24חֶ֛סֶדcovenant loyalty

    But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

  27. Jeremiah 16:5הַחֶ֖סֶדthe covenant loyalty

    Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.

  28. Jeremiah 31:3חָֽסֶדcovenant loyalty

    The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

  29. Jeremiah 32:18חֶ֙סֶד֙covenant loyalty

    You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,

  30. Jeremiah 33:11חַסְדּ֔וֹcovenant loyalty of his

    the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

  31. Lamentations 3:22חַֽסְדֵ֤י[the] covenant loyalti<es> of

    Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

  32. Lamentations 3:32חֲסָדָֽיוcovenant loyalti<es> his

    Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

  33. Daniel 1:9לְחֶ֖סֶד<to> favor

    Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,

  34. Daniel 9:4וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶדand <the> covenant loyalty

    And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

  35. Hosea 2:19וּבְחֶ֖סֶדand in covenant loyalty

    So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.

  36. Hosea 4:1חֶ֛סֶד[is] covenant loyalty

    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

  37. Hosea 6:4וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙and loyalty your

    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

  38. Hosea 6:6חֶ֥סֶדcovenant loyalty

    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  39. Hosea 10:12חֶ֔סֶדloyalty

    Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

  40. Hosea 12:6חֶ֤סֶדloyalty

    But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

  41. Joel 2:13חֶ֔סֶדcovenant loyalty

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

  42. Jonah 2:8חַסְדָּ֖םloyalty their

    Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

  43. Jonah 4:2חֶ֔סֶדcovenant loyalty

    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

  44. Micah 6:8חֶ֔סֶדcovenant loyalty

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

  45. Micah 7:18חֶ֖סֶדcovenant loyalty

    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

  46. Micah 7:20חֶ֖סֶדcovenant loyalty

    You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

  47. Zechariah 7:9וְחֶ֣סֶדand loyalty

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

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