kheh'-sed
from 2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety:
rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty:--favour,
good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful
(kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
see Hebrew for [02616]
And the maiden [05291] pleased [05869] [03190] him, and she obtained [05375] kindness [02617] of him [06440]; and he speedily [0926] gave [05414] her her things for purification [08562], with such things as belonged [04490] to her, and seven [07651] maidens [05291], which were meet [07200] to be given [05414] her, out of the king's [04428] house [01004]: and he preferred [08138] her and her maids [05291] unto the best [02896] place of the house [01004] of the women [0802].such…: Heb. her portionspreferred: Heb. changed
And the king [04428] loved [0157] Esther [0635] above all the women [0802], and she obtained [05375] grace [02580] and favour [02617] in his sight [06440] more than all the virgins [01330]; so that he set [07760] the royal [04438] crown [03804] upon her head [07218], and made her queen [04427] instead of Vashti [02060].favour: or, kindnessin his…: Heb. before him