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Lexicon :: Strong's H2347 - ḥûs

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חוּס
Transliteration
ḥûs
Pronunciation
khoos
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 626

Strong’s Definitions

חוּס chûwç, khoos; a primitive root; properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate:—pity, regard, spare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H2347 in the following manner: spare (16x), pity (7x), regard (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H2347 in the following manner: spare (16x), pity (7x), regard (1x).

  1. (Qal) to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוּס chûwç, khoos; a primitive root; properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate:—pity, regard, spare.
STRONGS H2347: Abbreviations
† [חוּס] verb pity, look upon with compassion (Aramaic sxo, חוּס pity, spare; Assyrian ḫûs, in proper names compare DlPr 181) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular חָסָה Ezekiel 16:5, 2nd person masculine singular חַ֫סְתָּ Jonah 4:10; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָחוּס Jeremiah 21:7; יָחֹס Psalm 72:13; 3rd person feminine singular תָּחוּס Isaiah 13:18; תָּהוֺס Deuteronomy 7:16 + 9 times(Ges§ 72 R 4 Bö§ 1133(2)); תָּחֹס Genesis 45:20; Ezekiel 9:5; וַתָּ֫חָס 1 Samuel 24:11; Ezekiel 20:17; 1st person singular אָחוּס Jeremiah 13:14 +2 times; Imperative חוּ֫סָה Joel 2:17; Nehemiah 13:22: —
a. of the eye, עין, (לא) תח(ו)ס על the eye shall (not) look with compassion, pity, upon Deuteronomy 7:16; Deuteronomy 13:9; Deuteronomy 19:13; Isaiah 13:18; Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 20:17; לא חסה עָלַיִךְ עין Ezekiel 16:5; עֵינְכֶם אַלתָּֿחֹס עַלכְּֿלֵיכֶם Genesis 45:20 (RJE) let not your eye look with regret upon your stuff; with ellipsis of עַיִן 1 Samuel 24:11 (but read וָאָחֻס, for וַתָּחָס Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum We Klo Dr); with ellipsis of על Deuteronomy 19:21; Deuteronomy 25:12; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 9:10; (אל) ע֯ל תחס עיני֯כם Ezekiel 9:5
b. of God חוסה על Nehemiah 13:22; Joel 2:17; לא אחוס על נינוה Jonah 4:11; ellipsis of עַל Jeremiah 13:14; Ezekiel 24:14.
c. of man: the Messianic king עלדַּֿל וְאֶבְיוֺן Psalm 72:13 he shall have pity on poor and needy, Nebuchadrezzar עליהם (i.e. on Zedekiah and the people) Jeremiah 21:7; Jonah, על הקיקיון Jonah 4:10. — See also חמל.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

45:20; 45:20

Deuteronomy

7:16; 7:16; 13:9; 19:13; 19:21; 25:12

1 Samuel

24:11; 24:11

Nehemiah

13:22; 13:22

Psalms

72:13; 72:13

Isaiah

13:18; 13:18

Jeremiah

13:14; 13:14; 21:7; 21:7

Ezekiel

5:11; 7:4; 7:9; 8:18; 9:5; 9:5; 9:10; 16:5; 16:5; 20:17; 20:17; 24:14

Joel

2:17; 2:17

Jonah

4:10; 4:10; 4:11

H2347

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Strong's Number H2347 matches the Hebrew חוּס (ḥûs),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - ‘Do not be concerned with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - “And you shall consume all the peoples whom the LORD your God will give over to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a [deadly] trap to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - you shall not consent to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - “You shall not pity him [the guilty one], but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - “You shall not show pity [to the guilty one]: it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:12 - then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity [for her].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - “Behold, your eyes have seen today how the LORD had given you into my hand in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not reach out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’S anointed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - And I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. O my God, remember me concerning this also and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 -

He will have compassion on the poor and needy,

And he will save the lives of the needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 -

Their bows will cut down the young men [of Babylon];

They will take no pity on the fruit of the womb,

Their eyes will not look with compassion on the children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “I will smash them one against another, both the fathers and the sons together,” says the LORD. “I shall destroy them [nothing will restrain Me]; I will not show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - “Then afterward,” says the LORD, “I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the virulent disease, the sword, and the famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemy, into the hand of those who seek their lives. And he will strike them with the edge of the sword; he will not spare them nor have mercy and compassion on them.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘So, as I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you and withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare [you].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - ‘For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will repay you for your evil ways, while your abominations are among you; and you will know (recognize, understand) [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - ‘My eye will show no pity nor will I spare [you]. I will repay you in accordance with your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know and understand that it is I, the LORD, who strikes you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - “Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare [them]; and though they cry loudly in My ears, yet I will not listen to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - But to the others I heard Him say, “Follow him [the man with the scribe’s writing case] throughout the city and strike; do not let your eyes have pity and do not spare [anyone].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - “But as for Me, My eye will have no pity, nor will I spare, but I will bring their [wicked] conduct upon their [own] heads.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - “No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out in the open field, for you were loathed on the day that you were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - “Yet My eye [looked on them with compassion and] spared them instead of destroying them, and I did not annihilate them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 -

“I the LORD have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not have compassion and I will not be sorry; in accordance with your ways and in accordance with your deeds I will judge and punish you,” says the Lord GOD.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 -

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD,

Weep between the porch and the altar,

And let them say, “Have compassion and spare Your people, O LORD,

And do not make Your inheritance (Israel) an object of ridicule,

Or a [humiliating] byword among the [Gentile] nations.

Why should they say among the peoples,

‘Where is their God?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - Then the LORD said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 [innocent] persons, who do not know the difference between their right and left hand [and are not yet accountable for sin], as well as many [blameless] animals?”
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