חָסַדchâçad
חָסַד: 1.
Pronunciation: khaw-sad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2616
Meanings
be good, kind
Hithpa`el: thou shewest thyself kind (2 Samuel 22:26; Psalms 18:26; Proverbs 25:10)
חָסַד: be reproached, ashamed
Pi`el: lest he reproach thee, expose thee to shame. (Proverbs 25:10)
Same root
- חָנַןchânan · H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- בָרַךְbârak · H1288to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- חֵסֵדchêçêd · H2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- חָסִידchâçîyd · H2623properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 22:26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity.
- Psalms 18:25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity.
- Proverbs 25:10 Others may accuse you of gossip, and you will never regain your good reputation.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).