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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 - opened it, and saw the child - a boy, crying! - and she felt compassion for 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 - You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don't spare them. Put them to death - man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - Saul said, "They were brought from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD our God. But everything else we slaughtered."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - Saul replied, "May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - "When a traveler arrived at the rich man's home, he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler who had come to visit him. Instead, he took the poor man's lamb and cooked it for the man who had come to visit him."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the LORD's oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD God of their ancestors continually warned them through his messengers, for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 - It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 - for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 - Because of the anger of the LORD who commands armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,' says the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 - The LORD cried out, "Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - Then I, the LORD, promise that I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - "Take up your battle positions all around Babylon, all you soldiers who are armed with bows. Shoot all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back! For she has sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Do not give her archers time to string their bows or to put on their coats of armor. Do not spare any of her young men. Completely destroy her whole army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. ג (Gimel)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries' power. צ (Tsade)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you slaughtered them without mercy. ת (Tav)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 - You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - "Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign LORD, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who is striking you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - While I listened, he said to the others, "Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; you were thrown out into the open field because you were detested on the day you were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - Then the LORD became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17 - Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land," says the LORD, "but instead I will turn every last person over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - "They will belong to me," says the LORD who rules over all, "in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
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