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Strong's #2347 - חוּס

Transliteration

chûwç

Phonetics

khoos

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

626

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) (Qal) to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5339 ‑ φείδομαι (fi'‑dom‑ahee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (24)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 5

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 9

Joel 1

Jonah 2

NAS (36)

Deuteronomy 7

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 2

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 16

Joel 1

Jonah 4

HCS (24)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 5

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 9

Joel 1

Jonah 2

BSB (23)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 5

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 8

Joel 1

Jonah 2

ESV (20)

Deuteronomy 4

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 8

Jonah 2

WEB (24)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 5

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 9

Joel 1

Jonah 2

KJV (24)

Spare 1

pitied 1

pity 6

regard 1

spare 13

spared 2

NAS (36)

Spare 1

compassion 4

had 1

have 8

looked 1

pity 15

show 3

sorry 1

spare 1

spared 1

HCS (24)

* 1

Have pity 1

He will have pity 1

I spared 1

care 1

cared 1

look on you with pity 1

look with pity 1

one cared 1

pity 3

show pity 6

spare 1

took pity 1

with compassion 1

with pity 3

BSB (23)

* 2

He will have compassion 1

Spare 1

Yet I looked on them with pity 1

You must show her no pity 1

You must show him no pity 1

but I spared 1

care 1

cared 1

look on you with pity 1

look with pity 1

mercy 1

one cared enough 1

pity 2

show pity 2

spare 1

with pity 4

ESV (20)

pitied 1

pity 8

spare 10

spared 1

WEB (24)

* 4

He will have pity 1

Spare 1

You have been concerned 1

he shall not spare 1

neither will I spare 1

nor spare 1

pitied 1

pity 1

shall have no pity 1

shall not pity 3

shall not spare 4

spare 2

spared 1

will not spare 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1176) x h (ההס HhS) AC: Support CO: Refuge AB: ?: A place of support and trust. (eng: house - as the place of refuge)

A) x h (ההס HhS) AC: ? CO: Refuge AB: ?

N^f3 ) t f x h (ההסות HhSWT) - Refuge: KJV (1): trust - Strongs: H2622 (חָסוּת)

H) e x h (ההסה HhSH) AC: ? CO: Refuge AB: ?

V) e x h (ההסה HhSH) - Refuge: To take refuge or place ones trust in one or thing of support. KJV (37): (vf: Paal) trust, refuge, hope - Strongs: H2620 (חָסָה)

a^m) e x h m (מההסה MHhSH) - Refuge: Refuge, shelter, hope, trust. KJV (20): refuge, shelter, hope, trust - Strongs: H4268 (מַחֲסֶה)

J) x f h (ההוס HhWS) AC: ? CO: Spare AB: ?: One who has been given refuge.

V) x f h (ההוס HhWS) - Spare: To give refuge to another. KJV (24): (vf: Paal) spare, pity, regard - Strongs: H2347 (חוּס)

L) x h i (יההס YHhS) AC: ? CO: Lineage AB: ?: One is supported by his family line.

V) x h i (יההס YHhS) - Lineage: Ones history within the family. [df: Vxy] KJV (20): (vf: Hitpael) genealogy - Strongs: H3187 (יָחַשׂ)

N^m ) x h i (יההס YHhS) - Lineage: Ones history within the family. [df: Vxy] KJV (1): genealogy - Strongs: H3188 (יַחַשׂ)

Adopted Roots:

A2181 D x h (Bow, Kindness)
A2187 R x h (Diminish, Lacking)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[חוּס] verb pity, look upon with compassion (Aramaic

, חוּס pity, spare; Assyrian —û s, in proper names compare Dl^{Proverbs 181}) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular חָסָה Ezekiel 16:5,2masculine singular חַ֫סְתָּ Jonah 4:10; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָחוּס Jeremiah 21:7; יָחֹס Psalm 72:13; 3 feminine singular תָּחוּס Isaiah 13:18; תָּהוֺס Deuteronomy 7:16 9t.(Ges^{§ 72} R 4 Bö^{§ 1133}(2)); תָּחֹס Genesis 45:20; Ezekiel 9:5; וַתָּ֫חָס 1 Samuel 24:11; Ezekiel 20:17; 1 singular אָחוּס Jeremiah 13:14 2t.; 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 אַלתָּֿחֹסעַלכְּֿלֵיכֶם Genesis 45:20 (R^JE) let not your eye look with regret upon your stuff; with ellipsis of עַיִן 1 Samuel 24:11 (but read וָאָחֻס, for וַתָּחָסᵐ5 ᵑ6ᵑ7 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 Godחוסה 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 kingעלדַּֿל 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.

חוֺף see below II. חפף.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חוּס fut. יָחוֹס, יָחֹס, 1 pers. אָחוּס

(1) to pity, to have compassion on any one; followed by עַל Psal. 72:13, to be grieved on account of any thing. Jonah 4:10, אַתָּה חַסְתָּ עַל־הַקִּיקָיוֹן “thou wast grieved on account of the ricinus” which perished (compare Genesis 45:20). Hence:

(2) to spare, followed by עַל Nehemiah 13:22; Jeremiah 13:14; Ezekiel 24:14; Joel 2:17. (Aram. ܚܘܽܣ, seq. ܥܰܠ id.)

It is to be observed with regard to this root, that pitying and sparing, are more often attributed to the eye than to the persons themselves, (as in other roots slackness and strength are attributed to the hands; comp. רָפָה, חָזַק: pining away, also to the eyes, see בִּלָּה ). Hence it may be rightly concluded that the primary signification is in the idea of a merciful or indulgent countenance, as the Germ. nachfehn, Nachficht, durch die Finger fehn. Thus Deuteronomy 7:16, לֹא־תָחוֹס עֵינְךָ עֲלֵיהֶם “spare them not,” properly, let not thine eye pity them; or, do not regard them with a feeling of mercy; Deuteronomy 13:9, 19:13, 21 Deuteronomy 19:21, 25:12 Isaiah 13:18; Ezekiel 5:11, 7:4, Ezekiel 7:9. Genesis 45:20, עֵינְכֶם אַל־תָּחֹס עַל כְּלֵיכֶם “do not grieve for your stuff” which must be left behind. It is once used ellipt. 1 Samuel 24:11, וַתָּחָס עָלֶיךָ “and (my eye) spared thee.” In Arabic, mercy is similarly ascribed to the eye (Vit. Tim. tom. i. p. 542, l. 14).

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List of Word Forms

אָח֔וּס אָח֖וּס אָח֛וּס אחוס וְח֥וּסָה וַתָּ֣חָס וַתָּ֧חָס וחוסה ותחס ח֧וּסָה חַ֙סְתָּ֙ חָ֨סָה חוסה חסה חסת יָ֭חֹס יָח֣וּס יחוס יחס תָּחֹ֖ס תָח֖וֹס תָח֣וֹס תָח֤וֹס תָח֥וֹס תָח֥וּס תָחֹ֥ס תחוס תחס ’ā·ḥūs ’āḥūs aChus Chasah chasta Chusah ḥā·sāh ḥas·tā ḥāsāh ḥastā ḥū·sāh ḥūsāh ṯā·ḥō·ws tā·ḥōs ṯā·ḥōs ṯā·ḥūs taChos taChus tāḥōs ṯāḥōs ṯāḥōws ṯāḥūs vatTachos veChusah wat·tā·ḥās wattāḥās wə·ḥū·sāh wəḥūsāh yā·ḥōs yā·ḥūs Yachos yaChus yāḥōs yāḥūs