חֶסֶד

che.sed
kindness
Strong’s H2617aNoun, masculine245 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

covenant loyalty168
loyalty41
covenant loyalti10
the covenant loyalty of8
the covenant loyalti of6
favor3
is covenant loyalty2
covenant loyalty of2

In the text

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֶ֫סֶד 247 n.m. goodness, kindness
I. of man:
1. kindness of men toward men, in doing favours and benefits
2. kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy
3. (rarely) affection of Isr. to י׳, love to God, piety
4. lovely appearance
II. of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.