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Proverbs 16:6

“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֵסֵדchêçêd · kheh'-sed
H2617 · Hebrew

Definition: kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Derivation: from H2616 (חָסַד);
KJV renderings: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Grammar: בְּ — preposition
חֶ֣סֶד — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 251 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:19 Genesis 20:13 Genesis 21:23 Genesis 24:12 Genesis 24:14

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.