lovingkindness
noun
Early Modern English
Meaning
A deep, faithful and enduring love and kindness. tree →
Then and now
Today we say "kindness" or "steadfast love". The word is old and found mostly in older Bible translations.
Examples
- Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.' (Torah NUM.14.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Torah NUM.14.18, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: steadfast love.
On Mova
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