Strong H26172 sensesחֶ֫סֶד

The 2 senses of Strong H2617

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2617 appears in 241 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. kindnessH2617Agoodness, kindness, faithfulness235 verses · 27 books
2. shameH2617Ba reproach, shame2 verses · Leviticus, Proverbs

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• mercy146
• kindness36
• lovingkindness25
• goodness12
• kindly5
• merciful4
• favour3
• let3
• lovingkindnesses3
• good1
• goodliness1
• pity1

First verses

1. Genesis 19:19
   Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, 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:
2. 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 which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
3. 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 that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
4. 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 unto my master Abraham.
5. 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 unto my master.
6. 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 and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
7. Genesis 24:49
   And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
8. Genesis 32:10
   I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, 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.
9. Genesis 39:21
   But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
10. Genesis 40:14
    But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
11. 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 and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
12. Exodus 15:13
    Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
13. Exodus 20:6
    And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
14. 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 and truth,
15. Exodus 34:7
    Keeping mercy 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.
16. 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; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
17. Numbers 14:18
    The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, 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.
18. Numbers 14:19
    Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
19. Deuteronomy 5:10
    And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
20. Deuteronomy 7:9
    Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;