Difference between revisions of "Kindness"

<p> Civil behaviour, favourable treatment, or a constant and habitual practice of friendly offices and benevolent actions. </p> <p> See [[Charity, Gentleness]]  </p>

<p> ''''' kı̄nd´nes ''''' ( חסד , <i> ''''' ḥeṣedh ''''' </i> ; χρηστότης , <i> ''''' chrēstótēs ''''' </i> ): "Kindness" in the Old Testament is (with one exception) the translation of <i> ''''' ḥeṣedh ''''' </i> , "kindness," "favor," "mercy," etc., used chiefly of man but also of God (&nbsp; [[Genesis]] 20:13; &nbsp;Genesis 40:14; &nbsp;1 Samuel 15:6; &nbsp;1 Samuel 20:14 , &nbsp;1 Samuel 20:15; &nbsp;2 Samuel 9:3; &nbsp;Nehemiah 9:17; &nbsp;Psalm 141:5; &nbsp;Isaiah 54:8 , &nbsp;Isaiah 54:10 , etc.); <i> ''''' ṭōbh ''''' </i> , "good," is once so translated (&nbsp;2 Samuel 2:6 ). In the New Testament <i> ''''' chrēstotēs ''''' </i> , "usefulness," "beneficence," is rendered "kindness" 4 t in the King James Version (&nbsp;2 Corinthians 6:6; &nbsp;Ephesians 2:7; &nbsp;Colossians 3:12; &nbsp;Titus 3:4 , and in &nbsp;Galatians 5:22 the Revised Version (British and American)); see [[Gentleness]]; Goodness . <i> ''''' Philanthrōpı̄a ''''' </i> , "love of mankind," is translated "kindness" &nbsp;Acts 28:2 ), and <i> ''''' philadelphı̄a ''''' </i> , "love of the brotherhood" (&nbsp;2 Peter 1:7 , the English Revised Version "love of the brethren," the American Revised Version margin "Gr, love of the brethren"). </p> <p> For "kindness" (&nbsp;Psalm 31:21 ) the Revised Version (British and American) has "lovingkindness," and the American Standard Revised Version in other places where the reference is to God; for "shew," "shewed kindness" (&nbsp;Joshua 2:12 ) "deal," "dealt kindly"; for "The desire of man is his kindness" (&nbsp;Proverbs 19:22 ) the American Standard Revised Version has "That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness," the English Revised Version "The desire of man is (the measure of) his kindness," like the American Standard Revised Version in m; for "merciful kindness" (&nbsp;Psalm 117:2 ) the American Standard Revised Version has "lovingkindness," the English Revised Version "mercy "; both have "lovingkindness" (&nbsp;Psalm 119:76 ); for "of great kindness" (&nbsp;Nehemiah 9:17; &nbsp;Joel 2:13; &nbsp;Jonah 4:2 ) the American Standard Revised Version has "abundant in lovingkindness," the English Revised Version "plenteous in mercy"; the Revised Version (British and American) has "kindness" for "mercy" (&nbsp;Genesis 39:21 ); for "pity" (&nbsp;Job 6:14 ); for "goodness" (&nbsp;Proverbs 20:6 ); "favor and kindness" the American Standard Revised Version, for "grace and favor" (&nbsp;Esther 2:17 ). See [[Lovingkindness]]; [[Mercy]] . </p>