# H2617 חֵסֵד

חֵסֵד (chêçêd), Strong’s H2617: kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty KJV: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness…

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*chêçêd* — kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

KJV: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness)…

Derived from [חָסַד châçad](https://besorah.bible/word/H2616) (perhaps to bow)

Occurs 247 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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.

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 19:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=19) — See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown…
- [Genesis 20:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=13) — 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…
- [Genesis 21:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=23) — 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…
- [Genesis 24:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=12) — He said, “LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
- [Genesis 24:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=14) — Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says…
- [Genesis 24:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=27) — He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth…
- [Genesis 24:49](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=49) — 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…
- [Genesis 32:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=11) — I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant…
- [Genesis 39:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=21) — But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- [Genesis 40:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=14) — But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me…