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Lexicon :: Strong's H2550 - ḥāmal

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חָמַל
Transliteration
ḥāmal
Pronunciation
khaw-mal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 676

Strong’s Definitions

חָמַל châmal, khaw-mal'; a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare:—have compassion, (have) pity, spare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H2550 in the following manner: pity (18x), spare (18x), have compassion (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H2550 in the following manner: pity (18x), spare (18x), have compassion (5x).

  1. (Qal) to spare, pity, have compassion on

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמַל châmal, khaw-mal'; a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare:—have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
STRONGS H2550: Abbreviations
† חָמַל verb spare (Arabic حَمَلَ; is bear, become responsible; Aramaic Lfmo comportavit, congessit); —
Qal Perfect ח׳ 1 Samuel 15:15 + 3 times; חָמָ֑ל 2 Samuel 12:6; Lamentations 2:17; חָמָ֑לְתָּ Lamentations 2:21; Lamentations 3:43; וְחָמַלְתִּ֫י Malachi 3:17; Imperfect יַחְמֹל Job 16:13 + 6 times; יַחְמוֺל Job 6:10 + 3 times; וַיַּחְמֹל 1 Samuel 15:9 + 3 times; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּחְמֹל Exodus 2:6; 2nd person masculine singular תַּחְמֹל Deuteronomy 13:9; 1 Samuel 15:3; אֶחְמֹל Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 9:10; אֶחְמוֺל Jeremiah 13:14 + 4 times; וָאֶחְמֹל Ezekiel 36:21; יַחְמֹ֑לוּ Isaiah 9:18; תַּחְמְלוּ Jeremiah 50:14; Jeremiah 51:3; תַּחְמֹ֑לוּ Ezekiel 9:5; Infinitive construct חֻמְלָה Ezekiel 16:5 (Ges§ 45, 1. b); — spare, have compassion, with על Exodus 2:6 (E), 1 Samuel 15:3, 9, 15; 1 Samuel 23:21; 2 Samuel 21:7; 2 Chronicles 36:15, 17; Jeremiah 15:5; Ezekiel 16:5; Ezekiel 36:21; Job 20:13; Zechariah 11:5, 6; Malachi 3:17 (twice in verse); Joel 2:18; Deuteronomy 13:9 (|| חוס followed by על), Jeremiah 21:7 (|| חוס followed by על + רחם), Ezekiel 9:10 (|| חוס followed by על according to Syriac Version Targum Co); followed by אֶלֿ Jeremiah 51:3; Isaiah 9:18; note poetic אֶלחֵֿץ אַלתַּֿחְ׳＝spare no arrow Jeremiah 50:14; followed by Infinitive 2 Samuel 12:4; absolute 2 Samuel 12:6; Isaiah 30:14; Lamentations 2:17, 21, also Lamentations 2:2 where apparently followed by accusative, Lamentations 3:43; Job 6:10; Job 16:13; Job 27:22; Proverbs 6:34; Habakkuk 1:17; || חוס Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:4 (strike out Co as doubl. of Ezekiel 7:9), Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 9:5; Jeremiah 13:14 (|| אחוס and ארחם).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:6; 2:6

Deuteronomy

13:9; 13:9

1 Samuel

15:3; 15:3; 15:9; 15:9; 15:15; 15:15; 23:21

2 Samuel

12:4; 12:6; 12:6; 21:7

2 Chronicles

36:15; 36:17

Job

6:10; 6:10; 16:13; 16:13; 20:13; 27:22

Proverbs

6:34

Isaiah

9:18; 9:18; 30:14

Jeremiah

13:14; 13:14; 15:5; 21:7; 50:14; 50:14; 51:3; 51:3

Lamentations

2:2; 2:17; 2:17; 2:21; 2:21; 3:43; 3:43

Ezekiel

5:11; 7:4; 7:9; 7:9; 8:18; 8:18; 9:5; 9:5; 9:10; 9:10; 16:5; 16:5; 36:21; 36:21

Joel

2:18

Habakkuk

1:17

Zechariah

11:5; 11:6

Malachi

3:17; 3:17

H2550

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Strong's Number H2550 matches the Hebrew חָמַל (ḥāmal),
which occurs 41 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 -
And be it still my consolation,
Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 -
His archers compass me round about;
He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;
He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 -
Though he spare it, and will not let it go,
But keep it still within his mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 -
For God shall hurl at him, and not spare:
He would fain flee out of his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 -
For jealousy is the rage of a man;
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 - Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - And he shall break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 - For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied:
He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 -
Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; he hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old;
He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied:
And he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; he hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 -
The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword:
Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered, and not pitied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 -
Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, do smite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - No eye pitied thee, to do any of these things unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, for that thy person was abhorred, in the day that thou wast born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, whither they went.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17 - Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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