Word

חָסַד

châçad · H2616 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to show oneself loyal, to show oneself faithful

Action wherby deities act with loyalty

Examples
2 Samuel 22:26 “With the one who is faithful You show Yourself faithful, With the blameless one You prove Yourself blameless;
Psalm 18:25 With the faithful You show Yourself faithful; With the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;
to put to shame

Causative actions by which humans cause other humans to experience a feeling of shame

Examples
Proverbs 25:10 Or one who hears it will put you to shame, And the evil report about you will not pass away.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 2
שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ךָּyou 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

עִםwith+ חָסִידloyal person 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Faithful002001002008: The word denotes showing oneself faithful or loyal in dealing with another, as in 2 Samuel 22:26's and Psalm 18:26's declaration that God shows Himself faithful with the faithful.
Shame002001002025: The word can denote putting someone to shame, as in Proverbs 25:10's warning that an overheard complaint may put one to shame.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָסַדchâçad · H2616חֵסֵד chêçêd · H2617 · loyalty, faithfulness, devotion · 247×חָסִיד châçîyd · H2623 · loyal person, faithful person, godly person · 32×חֲסִידָה chăçîydâh · H2624 · stork, love · 6×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2616. chacad I. [חָסַד] verb 1. be good, kind (Late Hebrew חָסַד in derivatives חָסִיד…

H2616. chacad
I. [חָסַד] verb 1. be good, kind (Late Hebrew חָסַד in derivatives חָסִיד pious; Aramaic חֲסַד be kind, mild (then beg), chiefly in derivatives חִסְדָּא etc.; compare perhaps Arabic usually plural they assembled, followed by they combined for him, and took pains to shew him courtesy Lane574c, also RSProph. iv. n. 9 (and Schu AE see in Thes); > Thes and others Find primary meaning in eager zeal or desire (|| קנא), whence develop kindness (as above), and envy, Arabic , envy (verb & noun), Aramaic חֲסַד be put to shame, , חַסֵּד reproach, revile, v, II.חסד) — only
Hithpa`el Imperfect תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִםחָֿסִיד thou shewest thyself kind 2Sa 22:26 = Psa 18:26. — On
Pi`el Pro 25:10 see II. חסד.
II. [חָסַד] verb be reproached, ashamed (Aramaism, see RSProph. iv, n. 9; Aramaic חֲסַד be put to shame, , חַסֵּד reproach, revile; חִסּוּדָא, shame, reproach, often in ᵐ5 ᵑ7 for חֶרְמָּה); — only
Pi`el Imperfect מֶּןיְֿחַסֶּדְךָ Pro 25:10 lest he reproach thee, expose thee to shame.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Faithful2 occurrences Shame1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0