(Qal) to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion
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H2347 — חוּס
chus · to pity · Hebrew/Aramaic
14 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 45:20 · תָּחֹ֖סBut pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”Deuteronomy 7:16 · תָחֹ֥סYou must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.Deuteronomy 13:8 · תָח֤וֹסyou must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.Deuteronomy 19:13 · תָח֥וֹסYou must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.Deuteronomy 19:21 · תָח֖וֹסYou must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.Deuteronomy 25:12 · תָח֖וֹסyou are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.1 Samuel 24:10 · וַתָּ֣חָסBehold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’Nehemiah 13:22 · וְח֥וּסָהThen I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.Psalm 72:13 · יָ֭חֹסHe will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.Isaiah 13:18 · תָח֥וּסTheir bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.Jeremiah 13:14 · אָח֛וּסI will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”Jeremiah 21:7 · יָח֣וּס‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’Jonah 4:10 · חַ֙סְתָּ֙But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.Jonah 4:11 · אָח֔וּסSo should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”