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Lexicon :: Strong's H2347 - ḥûs

Aa
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 - ‘And do not [fn]concern H2347 H5869 yourselves H5869 with your property H3627, for the [fn]best H2898 of all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 is yours.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - “You shall consume H398 all H3605 the peoples H5971 whom H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will turn H5414 over H5414 to you; your eye H5869 shall not pity H2347 them, nor H3808 shall you serve H5647 their gods H430, for that would be a snare H4170 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - you shall not consent H14 to him or listen H8085 to him; and your eye H5869 shall not pity H2347 him, nor H3808 shall you spare H2550 or conceal H3680 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - “[fn]You shall not pity H2347 him, but you shall eliminate H1197 the guilt H1818 for H1818 the bloodshed H1818 of the innocent H5355 from Israel H3478, so that it may go H2895 well H2895 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - “So [fn]you shall not show H2347 pity H2347: life H5315 for life H5315, eye H5869 for eye H5869, tooth H8127 for tooth H8127, hand H3027 for hand H3027, and foot H7272 for foot H7272.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:12 - then you shall cut H7112 off H7112 her [fn]hand H3709; [fn]you shall not show H2347 pity H2347.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - “Behold H2009, this H2088 day H3117 your eyes H5869 have seen H7200 that the LORD H3068 had handed H5414 H3027 you over H5414 to me today H3117 in the cave H4631, and someone said H559 to kill H2026 you, but [fn]I spared H2347 you; and I said H559, ‘I will not reach H7971 out H7971 with my hand H3027 against my lord H113, because H3588 he is the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - And I ordered H559 the Levites H3881 that they were to purify H2891 themselves and come H935 as gatekeepers H8104 H8179 to sanctify H6942 the Sabbath H7676 day H3117. For this H2088 also H1571 remember H2142 me, my God H430, and have H2347 compassion H2347 on me according to the greatness H7230 of Your mercy H2617.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 -

He will have H2347 compassion H2347 on the poor H1800 and needy H34,

And he will save H3467 the [fn]lives H5315 of the needy H34.

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And their bows H7198 will [fn]mow H7376 down H7376 the young H5288 men H5288,

They will not even have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 the fruit H6529 of the womb H990,

Nor will their eye H5869 pity H2347 [fn]children H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “Then I will smash H5310 them against H413 each H376 other H251, both the fathers H1 and the sons H1121 together H3162,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068. “I will not have H2550 compassion H2550 nor H3808 be H2347 troubled H2347 nor H3808 take H7355 pity H7355 so as to keep H4480 from H4480 destroying H7843 them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - “Then afterward H310 H3651,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “I will hand H5414 H3027 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, his servants H5650, and the people H5971, that is, those who survive H7604 in this H2088 city H5892 from the plague H1698, the sword H2719, and the famine H7458, over H5414 to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, to their enemies H340, and to those who seek H1245 their lives H5315; and he will strike H5221 and H5221 kill H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719. He will not spare H2347 them nor H3808 have H2550 pity H2550 nor H3808 compassion H7355.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘Therefore H3651 as I live H2416,’ declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068, ‘Because H3282 you have defiled H2930 My sanctuary H4720 with all H3605 your detestable H8251 idols H8251 and with all H3605 your abominations H8441, I definitely H518 H3808 will also H1571 withdraw H1639 and My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347, and I also H1571 will not spare H2550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - ‘And My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 on you, nor H3808 will I spare H2550 you, but I will [fn]bring H5414 your ways H1870 upon you, and your abominations H8441 will be among H8432 you; then you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - ‘My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 nor H3808 will I spare H2550 you. I will [fn]repay H5414 you according to your ways H1870, while your abominations H8441 are in your midst H8432; then you will know H3045 that I, the LORD H3068, am striking H5221.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - “Therefore, I indeed H1571 will deal H6213 in wrath H2534. My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 nor H3808 will I spare H2550; and though they cry H7121 out H7121 in My ears H241 with a loud H1419 voice H6963, yet I will not listen H8085 to them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - But to the others H428 He said H559 in my [fn]presence H241, “Go H5674 through the city H5892 after H310 him and strike H5221; do not let your eye H5869 have H2347 pity H2347 and do not spare H2550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - “But as for Me, My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 nor H3808 will I spare H2550, but I will bring H5414 their conduct H1870 upon their heads H7218.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - “No H3808 eye H5869 looked H2347 with H2347 pity H2347 on you to do H6213 any H259 of these H428 things H428 for you, to have H2550 compassion H2550 on you. Rather you were thrown H7993 out H7993 into the [fn]open H6440 field H7704, [fn]for you were abhorred H1604 on the day H3117 you were born H3205.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - “Yet My eye H5869 spared H2347 them rather H4480 than H4480 destroying H7843 them, and I did not bring H6213 about H6213 their annihilation H3617 in the wilderness H4057.

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“I, the LORD H3068, have spoken H1696; it is coming H935 and I will act H6213. I will not overlook H6544, I will not pity H2347, and I will not be H5162 sorry H5162; according to your ways H1870 and according to your deeds H5949 [fn]I will judge H8199 you,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 -

Let the priests H3548, the LORD’S H3068 ministers H8334,

Weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196,

And let them say H559, “[fn]Spare H2347 Your people H5971, LORD H3068,

And do not make H5414 Your inheritance H5159 a disgrace H2781,

With the nations H1471 jeering H4912 at them.

Why H4100 should those among the peoples H5971 say H559,

‘Where H346 is their God H430?’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559, “You had H2347 compassion H2347 on the plant H7021, for which H834 you did not work H5998 and which you did not cause to grow H1431, which H7945 [fn]came H1961 up overnight H1121 H3915 and perished H6 [fn]overnight H1121 H3915.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not also have H2347 compassion H2347 on Nineveh H5210, the great H1419 city H5892 in which H834 there H3426 are H3426 more H7235 than H4480 120,000 H8147 H6240 H7239 people H120, who H834 do not know H3045 the difference between H996 their right H3225 hand H3225 and their left H8040, as well as many H7227 animals H929?”
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