Usually translated as
mercy, kindness, lovingkindness, goodness, kindly, merciful, goodliness, pity, reproach, wicked thing, favour, good deed
Occurrences
Chêçêd occurs 246 times in 240 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (11), Exodus (4), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (2), Judges (2), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (11), 1 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (10), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (5), Esther (2), Job (3), Psalms (126), Proverbs (10), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (6), Lamentations (2), Daniel (2), Hosea (6), Joel (1), Jonah (2), Micah (3), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 19:19 — Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy (חַסְדְּךָ֗), which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
- Genesis 20:13 — And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness (חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ) which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
- Genesis 21:23 — Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness (כַּחֶ֜סֶד) that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
- Genesis 24:12 — And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness (חֶ֕סֶד) unto my master Abraham.
- Genesis 24:14 — And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness (חֶ֖סֶד) unto my master.
- Genesis 24:27 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy (חַסְדּ֛וֹ) and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
- Genesis 24:49 — And now if ye will deal kindly (חֶ֧סֶד) and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
- Genesis 32:10 — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies (הַחֲסָדִים֙), and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
- Genesis 39:21 — But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy (חָ֑סֶד), and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- Genesis 40:14 — But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness (חָ֑סֶד), I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
- Genesis 47:29 — And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly (חֶ֣סֶד) and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
- Exodus 15:13 — Thou in thy mercy (בְחַסְדְּךָ֖) hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
- Exodus 20:6 — And shewing mercy (חֶ֖֙סֶד֙) unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness (חֶ֥סֶד) and truth,
- Exodus 34:7 — Keeping mercy (חֶ֙סֶד֙) for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
- Leviticus 20:17 — And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing (חֶ֣סֶד); and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
- Numbers 14:18 — The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy (חֶ֔סֶד), forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
- Numbers 14:19 — Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy (חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ), and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
- Deuteronomy 5:10 — And shewing mercy (חֶ֖֙סֶד֙) unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
- Deuteronomy 7:9 — Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy (וְהַחֶ֗סֶד) with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
- Deuteronomy 7:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy (הַחֶ֔סֶד) which he sware unto thy fathers:
- Joshua 2:12 — Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness (חָ֑סֶד), that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
- Joshua 2:12 — Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness (חֶ֔סֶד) unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
- Joshua 2:14 — And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly (חֶ֥סֶד) and truly with thee.
- Judges 1:24 — And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy (חָֽסֶד).
- Judges 8:35 — Neither shewed they kindness (חֶ֔סֶד) to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
- Ruth 1:8 — And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly (חֶ֔סֶד) with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
- Ruth 2:20 — And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness (חַסְדּ֔וֹ) to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
- Ruth 3:10 — And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness (חַסְדֵּ֥ךְ) in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
- 1 Samuel 15:6 — And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness (חֶ֙סֶד֙) to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 20:8 — Therefore thou shalt deal kindly (חֶ֙סֶד֙) with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
- 1 Samuel 20:14 — And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness (חֶ֥סֶד) of the LORD, that I die not:
- 1 Samuel 20:15 — But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness (חַסְדְּךָ֛) from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
- 2 Samuel 2:5 — And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness (הַחֶ֣סֶד) unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
- 2 Samuel 2:6 — And now the LORD shew kindness (חֶ֣סֶד) and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
- 2 Samuel 3:8 — Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness (חֶ֜סֶד) this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
- 2 Samuel 7:15 — But my mercy (וְחַסְדִּ֖י) shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
- 2 Samuel 9:1 — And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness (חֶ֔סֶד) for Jonathan’s sake?
- 2 Samuel 9:3 — And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness (חֶ֣סֶד) of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
- 2 Samuel 9:7 — And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness (חֶ֙סֶד֙) for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
- 2 Samuel 10:2 — Then said David, I will shew kindness (חֶ֣סֶד) unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
- 2 Samuel 10:2 — Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness (חֶ֔סֶד) unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
- 2 Samuel 15:20 — Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy (חֶ֥סֶד) and truth be with thee.
- 2 Samuel 16:17 — And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness (חַסְדְּךָ֖) to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
- 2 Samuel 22:51 — He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy (חֶ֧סֶד) to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
- 1 Kings 2:7 — But shew kindness (חֶ֔סֶד) unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
- 1 Kings 3:6 — And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy (חֶ֣סֶד), according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 3:6 — And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness (הַחֶ֤סֶד), that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 8:23 — And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy (וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶד) with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
- 1 Kings 20:31 — And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful (חֶ֖סֶד) kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.