Hebrew word study

חֵסֵדchêçêd — kindness

Pronounced “kheh'-sed”

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

Translated in the King James as: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.

Appears 247 times in Scripture

Origin: from H2616 (חָסַד);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 11×

Genesis 19:19 Genesis 20:13 Genesis 21:23 Genesis 24:12 Genesis 24:14 Genesis 24:27 Genesis 24:49 Genesis 32:10 Genesis 39:21 Genesis 40:14 Genesis 47:29

Exodus — 4×

Exodus 15:13 Exodus 20:6 Exodus 34:6 Exodus 34:7

Leviticus — 1×

Leviticus 20:17

Numbers — 2×

Numbers 14:18 Numbers 14:19

Deuteronomy — 3×

Deuteronomy 5:10 Deuteronomy 7:9 Deuteronomy 7:12

Joshua — 3×

Joshua 2:12 Joshua 2:14+ 1 more in Joshua

Judges — 2×

Judges 1:24 Judges 8:35

Ruth — 3×

Ruth 1:8 Ruth 2:20 Ruth 3:10

1 Samuel — 4×

1 Sam 15:6 1 Sam 20:8 1 Sam 20:14 1 Sam 20:15

2 Samuel — 12×

2 Sam 2:5 2 Sam 2:6 2 Sam 3:8 2 Sam 7:15 2 Sam 9:1 2 Sam 9:3 2 Sam 9:7 2 Sam 10:2 2 Sam 15:20 2 Sam 16:17 2 Sam 22:51+ 1 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 5×

1 Ki 2:7 1 Ki 3:6 1 Ki 8:23 1 Ki 20:31+ 1 more in 1 Kings

1 Chronicles — 5×

1 Chr 16:34 1 Chr 16:41 1 Chr 17:13 1 Chr 19:2+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 10×

2 Chr 1:8 2 Chr 5:13 2 Chr 6:14 2 Chr 6:42 2 Chr 7:3 2 Chr 7:6 2 Chr 20:21 2 Chr 24:22 2 Chr 32:32 2 Chr 35:26

Ezra — 3×

Ezra 3:11 Ezra 7:28 Ezra 9:9

Nehemiah — 5×

Nehemiah 1:5 Nehemiah 9:17 Nehemiah 9:32 Nehemiah 13:14 Nehemiah 13:22

Esther — 2×

Esther 2:9 Esther 2:17

Job — 3×

Job 6:14 Job 10:12 Job 37:13

Psalms — 127×

Psalms 5:7 Psalms 6:4 Psalms 13:5 Psalms 17:7 Psalms 18:50 Psalms 21:7 Psalms 23:6 Psalms 25:6 Psalms 25:7 Psalms 25:10 Psalms 26:3 Psalms 31:7 Psalms 31:16 Psalms 31:21 Psalms 32:10 Psalms 33:5 Psalms 33:18 Psalms 33:22 Psalms 36:5 Psalms 36:7 Psalms 36:10 Psalms 40:10 Psalms 40:11 Psalms 42:8 Psalms 44:26+ 102 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 11×

Proverbs 3:3 Proverbs 11:17 Proverbs 14:22 Proverbs 14:34 Proverbs 16:6 Proverbs 19:22 Proverbs 20:6 Proverbs 20:28 Proverbs 21:21 Proverbs 31:26+ 1 more in Proverbs

Isaiah — 8×

Isaiah 16:5 Isaiah 40:6 Isaiah 54:8 Isaiah 54:10 Isaiah 55:3 Isaiah 57:1 Isaiah 63:7+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 6×

Jeremiah 2:2 Jeremiah 9:24 Jeremiah 16:5 Jeremiah 31:3 Jeremiah 32:18 Jeremiah 33:11

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 3:22 Lam 3:32

Daniel — 2×

Daniel 1:9 Daniel 9:4

Hosea — 6×

Hosea 2:19 Hosea 4:1 Hosea 6:4 Hosea 6:6 Hosea 10:12 Hosea 12:6

Joel — 1×

Joel 2:13

Jonah — 2×

Jonah 2:8 Jonah 4:2

Micah — 3×

Micah 6:8 Micah 7:18 Micah 7:20

Zechariah — 1×

Zech 7:9

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