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חוּס H2347

H2347 is the Hebrew word חוּס, transliterated chûwç and said khoos. The King James Version most often renders it spare.

Word: חוּסTransliteration: chûwçSaid: khoosLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 23 verses

What it means

properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

spare 10×pity 3×regard 1×no pity 1×mine eye spared 1×concerning this also and spare 1×nor spare 1×pitied 1×spared 1×neither will i spare 1×hast had pity 1×should not i spare 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: pity, regard, spare.

Verses using חוּס

All 23 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 45:20 · KJV

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

Deuteronomy 7:16 · KJV

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

Deuteronomy 13:8 · KJV

Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

Deuteronomy 19:13 · KJV

Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

Deuteronomy 19:21 · KJV

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

1 Samuel 24:10 · KJV

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.

Nehemiah 13:22 · KJV

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Psalm 72:13 · KJV

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

Isaiah 13:18 · KJV

Their bows also 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.

Jeremiah 13:14 · KJV

And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

Jeremiah 21:7 · KJV

And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver 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 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.

Ezekiel 5:11 · KJV

Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

Ezekiel 7:4 · KJV

And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 7:9 · KJV

And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.

Ezekiel 8:18 · KJV

Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

Ezekiel 9:5 · KJV

And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

Ezekiel 9:10 · KJV

And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

Ezekiel 16:5 · KJV

None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

Ezekiel 20:17 · KJV

Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 24:14 · KJV

I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.

Joel 2:17 · KJV

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Jonah 4:10 · KJV

Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

Jonah 4:11 · KJV

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Common questions

What does Strong's H2347 mean?

H2347 is the Hebrew word חוּס (chûwç), meaning properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate.

How is H2347 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it spare (10 times), pity (3 times), regard (1 time), no pity (1 time), mine eye spared (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2347 appear in the Bible?

חוּס (chûwç) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2347 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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