חֶסֶד (chesed) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning steadfast love. It appears
251 times
in 28 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2617).
Also rendered
lovingkindness
mercy
covenant faithfulness
kindness
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 698a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 698a)goodness, kindness; mercy, affection, love to God, piety, lovely appearance; lovingkindness; reproof, beauty; favour, good deed, kindly, merciful, pity, reproach, wicked thing
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חֶ֫סֶדnoun, masculine: goodness, kindness
I.of man
1.kindness of men toward men
2.kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy
3.(rarely) affection of Israel to Jehovah, love to God, piety
4.lovely appearance
II.of God: kindness
Strong's H2617חֶסֶד: kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty KJV:favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
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.
Root family 698: חָסַדḥāsad — be good, kind; bow, reprove; shew self merciful, put to shame