What does חֶסֶד · ἔλεος mean in the Bible?
חֶסֶד · ἔλεος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "steadfast love, covenant loyalty".
Hebrew · H2617, G1656
Chesed
Loyal love, lovingkindness · compassion (human or divine, especially active)
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חֶסֶד H2617 loyal love, lovingkindness
Pronunciation ḥeseḏ
Covenantal loyalty and mercy—God's steadfast commitment to relationship despite human unfaithfulness.
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ἔλεος G1656 compassion (human or divine, especially active)
Pronunciation éleos
Compassion that moves to action; God's covenant mercy actively extended toward the needy and undeserving.
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What does chesed (chesed) mean in the Bible?
חֶסֶד · ἔλεος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "steadfast love, covenant loyalty".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2617, G1656?
H2617, G1656 is connected to 251 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. steadfast love, covenant loyalty
Strong's H2617, G1656
Lexical occurrences 251 verses Source Gloss
steadfast love, covenant loyalty
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
chesed is built from this root:
חָסַד H2616
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain