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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 - And let not your eye regret your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt shall be yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God will give up unto thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for that would be a snare unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - And thine eye shall not spare: 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 - thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had given thee this day into my hand in the cave; and they bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!

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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 will save the souls of the needy:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - And their bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - And I will dash them one against another, both the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah; I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy so as not to destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And afterwards, saith Jehovah, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life, and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword: he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye, and it shall not spare, nor will I have any pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will render unto thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that it is I, Jehovah, that smite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - And I also will deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense their way upon their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, from abhorrence of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 - I Jehovah have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, nor will I repent. According to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore 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 - And Jehovah said, Thou hast pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - and I, should not I have pity on Nineveh, the great city, wherein are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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