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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 your eye hath no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - 'And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it is to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - and thine eye doth not pity -- 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 thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - Lo, this day have thine eyes seen how that Jehovah hath given thee to-day into my hand in the cave; and one said to slay thee, and mine eye hath pity on thee, and I say, I do not put forth my hand against my lord, for the anointed of Jehovah he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 - He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after this -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he hath smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He hath no pity on them, Nor doth he spare, nor hath he mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - And no pity on thee hath Mine eye, nor do I spare, For thy ways against thee I do set, And thine abominations are in thy midst, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - And not pity doth Mine eye, nor do I spare, According to thy ways unto thee I give, And thine abominations are in thy midst, And ye have known that I am Jehovah the smiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - And I also deal in fury, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried in Mine ears -- a loud voice -- and I do 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 mine ears, 'Pass on into the city after him, and smite; your eye doth not pity, nor do ye spare;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - And I also, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare; their way on their own head I have put.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - No eye hath had pity on thee, to do to thee any of these, To have compassion on thee, And thou art cast on the face of the field, With loathing of thy person. In the day thou hast been born -- thou!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - And Mine eye hath pity on them -- against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 - I, Jehovah, hath spoken, It hath come, and I have done it, I do not free, nor do I spare, nor do I repent, According to thy ways, and according to thine acts, they have judged thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Between the porch and the altar weep let the priests, ministrants of Jehovah, And let them say: 'Have pity, O Jehovah, on Thy people, And give not Thy inheritance to reproach, To the ruling over them of nations, Why do they say among peoples, Where is their God?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - And Jehovah saith, 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst thou nourish it, which a son of a night was, and a son of a night perished,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - and I -- have not I pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than twelve myriads of human beings, who have not known between their right hand and their left -- and much cattle!'
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