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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words <ref name="term_76456" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words <ref name="term_76456" /> == | ||
<p> <em> Châsı̂yd </em> (חָסִיד, Strong'S #2623), “one who is pious, godly.” Psalms contains 25 of the 32 appearances of this word. </p> <p> Basically, hasid means one who practices hesed (“loving-kindness”), so it is to be translated the “pious” or “godly one.” The word’s first biblical occurrence is in Deut. 33:8 where it represents a human being: “Give to [[Levi]] thy Thummim, and thy [[Urim]] to thy godly one” | <p> <em> Châsı̂yd </em> ( '''''חָסִיד''''' , Strong'S #2623), “one who is pious, godly.” Psalms contains 25 of the 32 appearances of this word. </p> <p> Basically, hasid means one who practices hesed (“loving-kindness”), so it is to be translated the “pious” or “godly one.” The word’s first biblical occurrence is in Deut. 33:8 where it represents a human being: “Give to [[Levi]] thy Thummim, and thy [[Urim]] to thy godly one” (RSV). The word appears in Ps. 32:6: “For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found.…” The word is applied to God in Ps. 145:17: “The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.” </p> <p> This noun is derived from the noun <em> châsı̂yd. </em> </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_157337" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_157337" /> == | ||
