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חָסִיד

châçîyd · Hebrew · Strong's H2623 · 32 occurrences

The KJV renders 14 different Hebrew and Greek words as “good”

What it means

properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)

from H2616 (חָסַד);

How the KJV renders it

godly, good, holy, merciful, saint, ungodly

Where that flattens a distinction

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

good
also renders chrēstótēs (G5544), chrēstós (G5543), hikanós (G2425), kalōs (G2573), bíos (G979), kalós (G2570), (G2095), ʼîysh (H376), bâsar (H1319), ṭâb (H2869), mᵉʼôd (H3966), ʻôwd (H5750), rᵉkûwsh (H7399)
merciful
also renders oiktírmōn (G3629), eleḗmōn (G1655), híleōs (G2436), chânan (H2603), chêçêd (H2617)
ungodly
also renders asébeia (G763), asebḗs (G765), bᵉlîyaʻal (H1100), ʻăvîyl (H5760), râshâʻ (H7563)
holy
also renders hósios (G3741), hierós (G2413), qâdôwsh (H6918), qaddîysh (H6922)
saint
also renders hágios (G40), qâdôwsh (H6918), qaddîysh (H6922), qôdesh (H6944)
godly
also renders theós (G2316), eusebōs (G2153), eusebḗs (G2152)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

32 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Samuel 2:9 HAamsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 6:41 HC/Aampc/Sp2ms2 Samuel 22:26 HAamsaDeuteronomy 33:8 HAamsc/Sp2msJeremiah 3:12 HAamsaMicah 7:2 HAamsaProverbs 2:8 HAamsc/Sp3msPsalm 4:3 HAamsaPsalm 12:1 HAamsaPsalm 16:10 HAamsc/Sp2msPsalm 18:25 HAamsaPsalm 30:4 HAampc/Sp3msPsalm 31:23 HAampc/Sp3msPsalm 32:6 HAamsaPsalm 37:28 HAampc/Sp3msPsalm 43:1 HAamsaPsalm 50:5 HAampc/Sp1csPsalm 52:9 HAampc/Sp2msPsalm 79:2 HAampc/Sp2msPsalm 85:8 HAampc/Sp3msPsalm 86:2 HAamsaPsalm 89:19 HR/Aampc/Sp2msPsalm 97:10 HAampc/Sp3msPsalm 116:15 HR/Aampc/Sp3msPsalm 132:9 HC/Aampc/Sp2msPsalm 132:16 HC/Aampc/Sp3fsPsalm 145:10 HC/Aampc/Sp2msPsalm 145:17 HC/AamsaPsalm 148:14 HAampc/Sp3msPsalm 149:1 HAampaPsalm 149:5 HAampaPsalm 149:9 HAampc/Sp3ms

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.