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Definition of Chasid

1. Noun. A member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasid

Literary usage of Chasid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Synopsis of Criticisms Upon Those Passages of the Old Testament in which by Richard Arthur Francis Barrett (1847)
"For it is not kadosh, but chasid. Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah.'] Though God did severely chide and reprove Moses and Aaron (who were the ..."

2. Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts by Cambridge University Library, Salomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy (1876)
"If this be so, it follows that the mother of R. Yehudah chasid was a (laughter of ... with R. Yehudah chasid, but this is probably owing to various reasons, ..."

3. Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts Preserved in the University Library by Salomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy (1876)
"The matter given here in his father's name4, 1 This Yehudah is possibly the father of the R. David b. Yehudah chasid who wrote the ..."

4. Synonyms of the Old Testament: Their Bearing on Christian Faith and Practice by Robert Baker Girdlestone (1871)
"In the passages which remain to be considered, the adjectival form chasid is found. This word must signify not only the reception, but also the exercise of ..."

5. The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and by Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer, Charles Augustus Briggs (1908)
"If we are right in seeing in 12'* another chasid gloss, the argument to make ... This is as McNeile has pointed out an insertion of the chasid glossator. A? ..."

6. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes by George Aaron Barton (1908)
"This is so out of harmony with the context, but so in accord with the chasid point of view, and especially with 3", which we have already recognized as a ..."

7. The Book of Psalms by Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick (1903)
"THE word chasid is characteristic of the Psalter, in which it is found 25 ... If the primary meaning of chasid is to be governed (as seems reasonable) by ..."

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