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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
Dictionary Aids

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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - But do not give in or listen. Have no pity, and do not spare or protect them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and completely destroy[fn] the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - “It’s true that the army spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted. “But they are going to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. We have destroyed everything else.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - “The LORD bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - The king spared Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth,[fn] who was Saul’s grandson, because of the oath David and Jonathan had sworn before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - So the LORD brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians[fn] killed Judah’s young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young men and young women, the old and the infirm. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
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 - and now his archers surround me.
His arrows pierce me without mercy.
The ground is wet with my blood.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - They savored it,
holding it long in their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 - It whirls down on them without mercy.
They struggle to flee from its power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 - For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 - The land will be blackened
by the fury of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
The people will be fuel for the fire,
and no one will spare even his own brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - You will be smashed like a piece of pottery—
shattered so completely that
there won’t be a piece big enough
to carry coals from a fireplace
or a little water from the well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 - “Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem?
Who will weep for you?
Who will even bother to ask how you are?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - “Yes, prepare to attack Babylon,
all you surrounding nations.
Let your archers shoot at her; spare no arrows.
For she has sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Don’t let the archers put on their armor
or draw their bows.
Don’t spare even her best soldiers!
Let her army be completely destroyed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Without mercy the Lord has destroyed
every home in Israel.[fn]
In his anger he has broken down
the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
He has brought them to the ground,
dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - But it is the LORD who did just as he planned.
He has fulfilled the promises of disaster
he made long ago.
He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy.
He has caused her enemies to gloat over her
and has given them power over her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - “See them lying in the streets—
young and old,
boys and girls,
killed by the swords of the enemy.
You have killed them in your anger,
slaughtering them without mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 - “You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down,
and slaughtered us without mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple with your vile images and detestable sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that it is I, the LORD,
who is striking the blow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, “Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were unwanted, dumped in a field and left to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - Then I was concerned for my holy name, on which my people brought shame among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - Then the LORD will pity his people
and jealously guard the honor of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17 - Will you let them get away with this forever?
Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say, ‘Praise the LORD! Now I’m rich!’ Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” says the LORD. “I will let them fall into each other’s hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - “They will be my people,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.
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