che.sed H2617

חֶ֫סֶד (che.sed) means “kindness” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חֶ֫סֶד Hebrew · H2617 247 tagged occurrences in 241 verses

Pronunciation guide: kheh'-sed Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2617A

חֶ֫סֶד · che.sed · kindness

goodness, kindness, faithfulness

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TBESH · H2617B

חֶ֫סֶד · che.sed · shame

a reproach, shame

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H2616 (חָסַד); kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

KJV glosses: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.

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How translators render H2617

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
his loving devotion	45
loving devotion	28
your loving devotion	26
kindness	24
in loving devotion	12
of loving devotion	8
according to your loving devotion	6
and loving devotion	6
my loving devotion	5
of your loving devotion	5
the loving devotion	5
for his loving devotion	4
favor	3
the kindness	3
and his deeds of loving devotion	2
his kindness	2
his loving devotion endures forever	2
in his loving devotion	2
in your loving devotion	2
is a disgrace	2
is his loving devotion	2
is loving devotion	2
is your loving devotion	2
may your loving devotion	2
mercy	2
with loving devotion	2
with your loving devotion	2
a kind	1
and faithful	1
and favor	1
and his loving devotion	1
and in your loving devotion	1
and mercy	1
are loving and faithful	1
are merciful	1
be an act of loving devotion	1
but loving devotion	1
but my loving devotion	1
by loving devotion	1
by these	1
by your loving devotion	1
can your loving devotion	1
devout	1
for your loyalty	1
grace	1
he is my steadfast love	1
his gracious	1
his love	1
i have been loyal	1
in the loving devotion	1
is in his loving devotion	1
its glory	1
kindly	1
let loving devotion	1
love	1
may the lord show you loving devotion	1
more kindness	1
my deeds of loving devotion	1
my loving devotion for him	1
of his loving devotion	1
of the loving devotion	1
should have the kindness	1
the devotion	1
the loyalty	1
the same kindness	1
through the loving devotion	1
you with loving devotion	1
your loyalty	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
for his mercy	33
mercy	30
kindness	20
and mercy	7
of thy mercy	6
kindly	5
thy lovingkindness	5
his goodness	4
lovingkindness	4
thy mercy	4
because his mercy	3
for thy lovingkindness	3
for thy mercy	3
his mercy	3
in mercy	3
that his mercy	3
according to thy lovingkindness	2
and favour	2
and his goodness	2
by mercy	2
his kindness	2
in his mercy	2
in thy mercy	2
is his mercy	2
me for thy mercies	2
mercies	2
my mercy	2
of his mercies	2
of my mercy	2
thy kindness	2
a kindness	1
a reproach	1
a wicked thing	1
according to the kindness	1
according to thy mercy	1
according unto thy lovingkindness	1
according unto thy mercy	1
and all the goodliness	1
and in lovingkindness	1
and in mercy	1
and merciful	1
and my mercy	1
and of thy mercy	1
and the mercy	1
and through the mercy	1
and thy lovingkindnesses	1
because thy lovingkindness	1
but mercy	1
but my kindness	1
but my mercy	1
but the mercy	1
concerneth me thy mercy	1
for his merciful	1
him kindness	1
him mercy	1
his lovingkindness	1
his own goodness	1
in goodness	1
in the mercy	1
into favour	1
let i pray thee thy merciful kindness	1
let not mercy	1
let thy lovingkindness	1
let thy mercies	1
let thy mercy	1
lovingkindnesses	1
man the goodness	1
me according to thy mercy	1
me after thy lovingkindness	1
me the kindness	1
merciful	1
more kindness	1
my good	1
my goodness	1
nevertheless my lovingkindness	1
nor his mercy	1
nor mercy	1
not the kindness	1
of all the mercies	1
of his lovingkindnesses	1
of his mercy	1
of it for his mercy	1
of kindness	1
of mercy	1
of the goodness	1
of the mercies	1
of thy lovingkindness	1
of thy mercies	1
or for mercy	1
pity	1
sake because thy mercy	1
shall thy lovingkindness	1
the kindness	1
the lovingkindness	1
the lovingkindnesses	1
the mercies	1
the merciful	1
the mercy	1
thee kindness	1
thee mercy	1
thee the kindness	1
thee with lovingkindness	1
their own mercy	1
them for his mercy	1
therefore with lovingkindness	1
they kindness	1
this kindness	1
this thy kindness	1
thou in thy mercy	1
unto thee for your goodness	1
us for thy mercies	1
us thy mercy	1
with thy mercy	1
you kindness	1

Verses containing H2617

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1 Chronicles 19:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
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2 Chronicles 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
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2 Chronicles 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
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2 Chronicles 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
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2 Chronicles 6:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
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2 Chronicles 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
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2 Chronicles 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
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2 Chronicles 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”
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2 Chronicles 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
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2 Chronicles 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 35:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—
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Ezra 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
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Ezra 7:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
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Ezra 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
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Nehemiah 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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Nehemiah 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
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Nehemiah 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
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Nehemiah 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
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Esther 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
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Esther 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
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Job 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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Job 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
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Job 37:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
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Psalms 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
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Source alternate reference: 5.8
Psalms 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
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Source alternate reference: 6.5
Psalms 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
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Source alternate reference: 13.6
Psalms 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
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Psalms 18:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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Source alternate reference: 18.51
Psalms 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
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Source alternate reference: 21.8
Psalms 23:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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Psalms 25:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
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Psalms 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
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Psalms 25:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
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Psalms 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
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Psalms 31:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
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Source alternate reference: 31.8
Psalms 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
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Source alternate reference: 31.17
Psalms 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
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Source alternate reference: 31.22
Psalms 32:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
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Psalms 33:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
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Psalms 33:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
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Psalms 33:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
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Psalms 36:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
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Source alternate reference: 36.6
Psalms 36:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
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Source alternate reference: 36.8
Psalms 36:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
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Source alternate reference: 36.11
Psalms 40:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
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Source alternate reference: 40.11
Psalms 40:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
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Source alternate reference: 40.12
Psalms 42:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
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Source alternate reference: 42.9
Psalms 44:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
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Source alternate reference: 44.27
Psalms 48:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
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Source alternate reference: 48.10

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