חוּס chus

Hebrew word for “to pity” · Strong’s H2347 · used 24 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for chus in context, with how often each is used:

• will look with pity 6
• will look with compassion 5
• looked with compassion 3
• will have compassion 2
• will have mercy 2
• look with regret 1
• have mercy ! 1
• look with compassion 1
• have compassion ! 1
• had compassion 1
• will i have compassion? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 19 (2), Ezekiel 7 (2), Ezekiel 9 (2), Jonah 4 (2), Genesis 45 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 13 (1), Deuteronomy 25 (1), 1 Samuel 24 (1), Nehemiah 13 (1)

Forms

• תחוס 10
• תחס 3
• אחוס 3
• ותחס 2
• וחוסה 1
• יחס 1
• יחוס 1
• חסה 1
• חוסה 1
• חסת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chus more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָמַל chamal “to spare” 10
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 16
• אֲנִי ani “I” 7
• רָחַם racham “to have compassion” 3
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 4
• תּוֹעֵבַה toevah “abomination” 3
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 4
• גַּם gam “also” 4
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 3
• אַל al “not” 3
• שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 2

Key verses

The verses using chus that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 7:16 — 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;…
• Nehemiah 13:22 — 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…
• Jeremiah 13:14 — 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 — 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,…
• Ezekiel 5:11 — 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,…
• Ezekiel 7:4 — 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:…
• Ezekiel 8:18 — 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…
• Ezekiel 9:5 — 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 — 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 24:14 — I the LORD have spoken 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…
• Joel 2:17 — 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…
• Jonah 4:11 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.