חָסַד
ḥāsad
be reproached
Strong's H2616VerbHebrewTWOT 698

חָסַד (ḥāsad) is a Hebrew verb meaning be reproached. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2616).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 698)

Range of meaning (TWOT 698)be good, kind; bow, reprove; shew self merciful, put to shame
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָסַד verb: be good, kind

be good, kind—only Hithpael imperfect

Strong's H2616 חָסַד: properly, perhaps to bow (the neck only [compare H2603] in courtesy to an equal), i.e. to be kind; also (by euphemistically [compare H1288], but rarely) to reprove
KJV:shew self merciful, put to shame.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

2 Samuel 22:26Proverbs 25:10

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