חָסַד
chasad · show loyal love
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2616 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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chasad (חָסַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “show loyal love”.
Show oneself faithful and kind to someone. It is the verb of the same root as "loyal love" and "faithful" (2 Samuel 22:26). In a few places, with another sense, "put to shame".
How to say it
cha·sad
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To answer loyalty with loyal love.
- To put someone to shame before others.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- you show yourself faithful ×2
- put you to shame ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 22:26
With the faithful you show yourself faithful; with the blameless mighty man you show yourself blameless;
- Psalms 18:25
With the faithful you show yourself faithful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
- Proverbs 25:10
lest he who hears it put you to shame, and the slander against you not go away.