Original Language Studio
Psalms 103:17
“But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֵסֵדchêçêd · kheh'-sed
H2617 · Hebrew
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
- וְ — conjunction
- חֶ֤סֶד — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 251 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:19Genesis 20:13Genesis 21:23Genesis 24:12Genesis 24:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֵסֵד here.
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.