Kindness
חֶ֫סֶדStrong’s H2617chesed (che-sed)
Appears in 241 verses of the Old Testament
In short
God's loyal, covenant love: kindness that keeps its promises. The KJV often says "mercy" or "lovingkindness". Psalm 136 repeats it in every verse: "his mercy endureth for ever."
“O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.”
Meaning
- Goodness, kindness, faithfulness
- A reproach, shame
How it's translated
- covenant loyalty his 54
- covenant loyalty 48
- covenant loyalty your 33
- loyalty 24
- and covenant loyalty 7
- according to covenant loyalty your 7
- covenant loyalti of 6
- covenant loyalty of 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 127
- Genesis 11
- 2 Samuel 11
- 2 Chronicles 10
- Proverbs 10
- Isaiah 7
28 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 1:9In contextNow God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
- Daniel 9:4In contextAnd I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
- Zechariah 7:9In contextThus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
- Genesis 19:19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
- Genesis 20:13And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
- Genesis 21:23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
All 241 verses, by book
- Leviticus 1
- 20:17
- Psalms 127
- 5:76:413:517:718:5021:723:625:625:725:1026:331:731:1631:2132:1033:533:1833:2236:536:736:1040:1040:1142:844:2648:951:152:152:857:357:1059:1059:1659:1761:762:1263:366:2069:1369:1677:885:785:1086:586:1386:1588:1189:189:289:1489:2489:2889:3389:4990:1492:294:1898:3100:5101:1103:4103:8103:11103:17106:1106:7106:45107:1107:8107:15107:21107:31107:43108:4109:12109:16109:21109:26115:1117:2118:1118:2118:3118:4118:29119:41119:64119:76119:88119:124119:149119:159130:7136:1136:2136:3136:4136:5136:6136:7136:8136:9136:10136:11136:12136:13136:14136:15136:16136:17136:18136:19136:20136:21136:22136:23136:24136:25136:26138:2138:8141:5143:8143:12144:2145:8147:11
- Joel 1
- 2:13
- Zechariah 1
- 7:9
Hebrew dictionary
חֶ֫סֶד chesed · kindness
goodness, kindness, faithfulness
חֶ֫סֶד chesed · shame
a reproach, shame
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “kindness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
KINDNESS, noun
[from kind, the adjective.]
- Good will; benevolence; that temper or disposition which delights in contributing to the happiness of others, which is exercised cheerfully in gratifying their wishes, supplying their wants or alleviating their distresses; benignity of nature. kindness ever accompanies love.
- Act of good will; beneficence; any act of benevolence which promotes the happiness or welfare of others. Acts 28:2
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.