{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2617",
  "lemma": "חֵסֵד",
  "transliteration": "chêçêd",
  "definition": "kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty",
  "kjv": "favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness)…",
  "occurrences": 247,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2616",
      "lemma": "חָסַד",
      "transliteration": "châçad",
      "meaning": "perhaps to bow",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2616"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חֶ֫סֶד n.m. shame, reproach",
    "חֶ֫סֶד n.m",
    "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."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:19",
      "text": "See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:13",
      "text": "When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:23",
      "text": "Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:12",
      "text": "He said, “LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:14",
      "text": "Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:27",
      "text": "He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:49",
      "text": "Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=49"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:11",
      "text": "I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 39:21",
      "text": "But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:14",
      "text": "But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=14"
    }
  ],
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