King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H2617 - Kindness

Strong's No.:	H2617

Hebrew:	חֵסֵד

Transliteration:	chêçêd

Phonetic:	kheh'-sed

Word Origin:	From H2616

Bible Usage:	{favour} good deed ({-liness} {-ness}) {kindly} (loving-) {kindness} merciful ({kindness}) {mercy} {pity} {reproach} wicked thing.

Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine

Strongs Definition:	kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) {reproof} or (subjectively) beauty

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. goodness, kindness, faithfulness 2. a reproach, shame

Bible References: Kindness	Gen 20:13 Gen 21:23 Gen 24:12 Gen 24:14 Gen 40:14 Josh 2:12 Judg 8:35 Ruth 2:20 Ruth 3:10 1 Sam 15:6 1 Sam 20:14 1 Sam 20:15 2 Sam 2:5 2 Sam 2:6 2 Sam 3:8 2 Sam 9:1 2 Sam 9:3 2 Sam 9:7 2 Sam 10:2 2 Sam 10:2 2 Sam 16:17 1 King 2:7 1 King 3:6 1 Chr 19:2 1 Chr 19:2 2 Chr 24:22 Neh 9:17 Esth 2:9 Ps 117:2 Ps 119:76 Ps 141:5 Prov 19:22 Prov 31:26 Isa 54:8 Isa 54:10 Jer 2:2 Joel 2:13 Jon 4:2

Translation Occurrences:	deeds ( 1 ) favour ( 3 ) goodliness ( 1 ) goodness ( 12 ) kindly ( 5 ) kindness ( 38 ) lovingkindness ( 25 ) lovingkindnesses ( 4 ) mercies ( 10 ) merciful ( 3 ) mercy ( 136 ) pity ( 1 ) reproach ( 1 ) thing ( 1 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.