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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 BoxExo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the daughter of Pharao had compassion on it, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - (LXX 13:9) thou shalt not consent to him, neither shalt thou hearken to him; and thine eye shall not spare him, thou shalt feel no regret for him, neither shalt thou at all protect him:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and [fn]Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the [fn]best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse [fn]thing they destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - And Saul said to them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, for ye have been grieved on my account.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - And a traveller came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveller that came to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - And he shall restore the lamb seven-fold, because he has not spared.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - And the Lord God of their fathers sent by the hand of his prophets; rising early and sending his messengers, for he spared his people, and his sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - And he brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, and did not spare Sedekias, and had no mercy upon their virgins, and they led away their old men: he delivered all things into their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 - And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 - For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 - (LXX 9:18) The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burnt by fire: no man shall pity his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - And the fall thereof shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, as small fragments of a pitcher, so that thou shouldest not find among them a sherd, with which thou mightest take up fire, and with which thou shouldest draw a little water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - And I will scatter them a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons together: I will not have compassion, saith the Lord, and I will not spare, neither will I pity to save them from destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 - Who will spare thee, O Jerusalem? and who will fear for thee? or who will turn back to ask for thy welfare?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after this, thus saith the Lord; I will give Sedekias king of Juda, and his servants, and the people that is left in this city from the pestilence, and from the famine, and from the sword, into the hands of their enemies, that seek their lives: and they shall cut them in pieces with the edge of the sword: I will not spare them, and I will not have compassion upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - (LXX 27:14) Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - (LXX 28:3) Let the archer bend his bow, and him that has armour put it on: and spare ye not her young men, but destroy ye all her host.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Beth. In the day of his wrath the Lord has overwhelmed her as in the sea, and not spared: he has brought down in his fury all the beautiful things of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strong-holds of the daughter of Juda: he has profaned her king and her princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - Phe. The Lord has done that which he purposed; he has accomplished his word, even the things which he commanded from the ancient days: he has thrown down, and has not spared: and he has caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, he has exalted the horn of him that afflicted thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - Chsen. The child and old man have lain down in the street: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity: thou hast slain them with the sword and with famine; in the day of thy wrath thou hast mangled them, thou hast not spared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 - Samech. Thou hast visited us in wrath, and driven us away: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord; surely, because thou hast defiled my holy things with all thine abominations, I also will reject thee; mine eye shall not spare, and I will have no mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - (LXX 7:8) Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense thy way upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - (LXX 7:6) Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord that smite thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - Therefore will I deal with them in wrath: mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - And he said to the first in my hearing, Go after him into the city, and smite: and let not your eyes spare, and have no mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - Therefore mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have any mercy: I have recompensed their ways upon their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - Nor did mine eye pity thee, to do for thee one of all these things, to feel at all for thee; but thou wast cast out on the face of the field, because of the deformity of thy person, in the day wherein thou wast born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - But I spared them for the sake of my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations, among whom they went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17 - Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to slay the nations continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbour, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - And they shall be [fn]mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.
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