חָסִידchâçîyd

Meanings

Same root

• חָסַדchâçad · H2616properly, perhaps to bow (the neck only in courtesy to an equal), i.e. to be kind; also (by euphemistically, but rarely) to reprove
• חֲסִידָהchăçîydâh · H2624the kind (maternal) bird, i.e. a stork

Where it appears

Appears 32 times in the Bible.

• Deuteronomy 33:8 Moses said this about the tribe of Levi: “O Lord, you have given your Thummim and Urim—the sacred lots— to your faithful servants the Levites. You put them to the test at Massah and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah.
• 1 Samuel 2:9 “He will protect his faithful ones, but the wicked will disappear in darkness. No one will succeed by strength alone.
• 2 Samuel 22:26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity.
• 2 Chronicles 6:41 “And now arise, O Lord God, and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol of your power. May your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation; may your loyal servants rejoice in your goodness.
• Psalms 4:3 You can be sure of this: The Lord set apart the godly for himself. The Lord will answer when I call to him.
• Psalms 12:1 Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!