Loyalty, faithfulness, devotion

H2617
Hebrew
UBS
חֵסֵד
chêçêdkheh'-sed
Noun Masculine

Definition

= state in which humans or deities are committed towards fulfilling their obligations and show that by their actions; these obligations include responsibilities towards kinspeople, spouses, friends, covenant partners, and people to whom one is indebted as a result of favors received

Semantic Domains

Faithful
Love
Shame

Etymology

from H2616 (חָסַד);

KJV Translations

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

Occurrences241
Frequency Rank#144

Verse Usage

This word appears 241 times in the Bible. Verse examples coming soon.