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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 BoxGen 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - And be not sparing in regard to your property, for all the good of Egypt shall be yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - And thou shalt eat all the spoils of the nations which the Lord thy God gives thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for this is an offence to thee.

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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 BoxDeu 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - Thine eye shall not spare him; so shalt thou purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - Thine eye shall not spare him: thou shalt exact life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:12 - thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - (LXX 24:11) Behold, thine eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered thee this day into my hands in the cave; and I would not slay thee, but spared thee, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - and I told the Levites who were purifying themselves, and came and kept the gates, that they should sanctify the sabbath-day. Remember me, O God, for these things, and spare me according to the abundance of thy mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 - (LXX 71:13) He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - They shall break the bows of the young men; and they shall have no mercy on your children; nor shall their eyes spare thy children.

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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 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 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 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - Yet mine eyes spared them, so as not to destroy them utterly, and I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 - I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do it; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Between the [fn]porch and the altar let the priests that minister to the Lord weep, and say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them, lest they should say among the heathen, Where is their God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - And the Lord said, Thou hadst pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not suffered, neither didst thou rear it; which came up [fn]before night, and perished before another night:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and also much cattle?
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