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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 - ‘Now do not [fn]concern H2347 yourselves with your goods, for the [fn]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 Yahweh your God will give over to you; your eye shall not pity H2347 them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - you shall not be willing to accept him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity H2347 him; and you shall not spare him or conceal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - “[fn]You shall not pity H2347 him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - “Thus your eye shall not show H2347 pity H2347: 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 [fn]hand; [fn]you shall not show H2347 pity H2347.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - “Behold, this day your eyes have seen that Yahweh had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity H2347 on you; and I said, ‘I will not send forth my hand against my lord, for he is the anointed of Yahweh.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - And I said to the Levites that they should cleanse themselves and come as gatekeepers to keep the sabbath day holy. For this also remember me, O my God, and have H2347 compassion H2347 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 H2347 compassion H2347 on the poor and needy,

And the [fn]lives of the needy he will save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 -

And their bows will dash the young men to pieces,

They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,

Nor will their eye pity H2347 [fn]children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “I will shatter them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together,” declares Yahweh. “I will not spare nor show H2347 pity H2347 nor have compassion so as not to ruin them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - “Then afterwards,” declares Yahweh, “I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who remain in this city from the pestilence, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He will not show H2347 pity H2347 on them nor spare nor have compassion.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘So as I live,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have H2347 no pity H2347, and I will not spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - ‘For My eye will have H2347 no pity H2347 on you, nor will I spare you, but I will put your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am Yahweh!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - ‘My eye will show H2347 no pity H2347, nor will I spare. I will give to you according to your ways, while your abominations are among you; then you will know that I, Yahweh, do the striking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - “Therefore, I also will do this in wrath: My eye will have H2347 no pity H2347, nor will I spare; and they will cry in My ears with a loud voice, 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 He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have H2347 pity H2347 and do not spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - “But as for Me, My eye will have H2347 no pity H2347, nor will I spare, but I will put their way upon their heads.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - “No eye had H2347 pity H2347 on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you. Rather you were thrown out into the [fn]open field, for your soul was abhorred on the day you were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - “Yet My eye had H2347 pity H2347 on them rather than bringing them to ruin, and I did not make of them a complete destruction in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 -

“I, Yahweh, have spoken; it is coming, and I will act. I will not regret, and I will not pity H2347, and I will not [fn]relent; according to your ways and according to your deeds [fn]I will judge you,” declares Lord Yahweh.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 -

Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh,

Weep between the porch and the altar,

And let them say, “Pity H2347 Your people, O Yahweh,

And do not make Your inheritance a reproach,

A byword among the nations.

Why should they among the peoples say,

‘Where is their God?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - Then Yahweh said, “You had H2347 pity H2347 on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which [fn]came to be overnight and perished [fn]overnight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “So should I not have H2347 pity H2347 on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many [fn]animals?”
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