חֵסֵד

chêçêd · Hebrew · Strong's H2617 · 247 occurrences

The KJV renders 17 different Hebrew and Greek words as “ness”

What it means

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

from H2616 (חָסַד);

How the KJV renders it

favour, good deedliness, ness, kindly, lovingkindness, merciful, mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“ness”

also renders parrhēsía (G3954), asthenḗs (G772), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zimmâh (H2154), châṭâʼ (H2398), ṭôwb (H2896), yârêʼ (H3372), mêyshâr (H4339), mâʻaṭ (H4591), mar (H4751), mârar (H4843), mâthôwq (H4966), tsedeq (H6664), raʻ (H7451), râshaʻ (H7561)

“reproach”

also renders oneidízō (G3679), oneidismós (G3680), hýbris (G5196), óneidos (G3681), loidoría (G3059), hybrízō (G5195), atimía (G819), gâdaph (H1442), châraph (H2778), cherpâh (H2781), kᵉlimmâh (H3639), qâlôwn (H7036)

“favour”

also renders cháris (G5485), chên (H2580), chănîynâh (H2594), châphêts (H2654), châphêts (H2655), ṭôwb (H2896), râtsôwn (H7522), shâlôwm (H7965), tᵉchinnâh (H8467)

“merciful”

also renders oiktírmōn (G3629), eleḗmōn (G1655), híleōs (G2436), chânan (H2603), châçîyd (H2623)

“pity”

also renders chûwç (H2347), châmal (H2550), râcham (H7355), racham (H7356)

“mercy”

also renders hósios (G3741), oiktirmós (G3628), rᵉchêm (H7359)

“kindly”

also renders ṭôwb (H2896), lêb (H3820)

Where it appears

247 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 16:34 HNcmsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 16:41 HNcmsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 17:13 HC/Ncmsc/Sp1cs1 Chronicles 19:2 HNcmsa1 Kings 2:7 HNcmsa1 Kings 3:6 HNcmsa1 Kings 8:23 HC/Td/Ncmsa1 Kings 20:31 HNcmsa1 Samuel 15:6 HNcmsa1 Samuel 20:8 HNcmsa1 Samuel 20:14 HNcmsc1 Samuel 20:15 HNcmsc/Sp2ms2 Chronicles 1:8 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 5:13 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 6:14 HC/Td/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 6:42 HR/Ncmpc2 Chronicles 7:3 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 7:6 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 20:21 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 24:22 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 32:32 HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 35:26 HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 2:5 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 2:6 HNcmsa2 Samuel 3:8 HNcmsa2 Samuel 7:15 HC/Ncmsc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 9:1 HNcmsa2 Samuel 9:3 HNcmsc2 Samuel 9:7 HNcmsa2 Samuel 10:2 HNcmsa2 Samuel 15:20 HNcmsa2 Samuel 16:17 HNcmsc/Sp2ms2 Samuel 22:51 HNcmsaDaniel 1:9 HR/NcmsaDaniel 9:4 HC/Td/NcmsaDeuteronomy 5:10 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 7:9 HC/Td/NcmsaDeuteronomy 7:12 HTd/NcmsaEsther 2:9 HNcmsaEsther 2:17 HC/NcmsaExodus 15:13 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msExodus 20:6 HNcmsaExodus 34:6 HNcmsaExodus 34:7 HNcmsaEzra 3:11 HNcmsc/Sp3msEzra 7:28 HNcmsaEzra 9:9 HNcmsaGenesis 19:19 HNcmsc/Sp2msGenesis 20:13 HNcmsc/Sp2fsGenesis 21:23 HRd/NcmsaGenesis 24:12 HNcmsaGenesis 24:14 HNcmsaGenesis 24:27 HNcmsc/Sp3msGenesis 24:49 HNcmsaGenesis 32:10 HTd/NcmpaGenesis 39:21 HNcmsaGenesis 40:14 HNcmsaGenesis 47:29 HNcmsaHosea 2:19 HC/R/NcmsaHosea 4:1 HNcmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.