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Strong's H2617 · Hebrew

checed

kheh'-sed

from 2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty


Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H2617a

H2617a חֶ֫סֶד goodness , kindness . of man : . kindness of men toward men, in doing favours and benefits . kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy . (rarely) affection of Isr. to י׳ , love to God , piety . lovely appearance . of God : kindness , lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures. H2617b חֶ֫סֶד shame , reproach

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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