King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2347
Transliteration: chus
Phonetic Spelling: (khoos)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to pity, look upon with compassion
Meaning: to pity, look upon with compassion
Word Summary
chus: to pity, look upon with compassion
Original Word: חוּסTransliteration: chus
Phonetic Spelling: (khoos)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to pity, look upon with compassion
Meaning: to pity, look upon with compassion
Strong's Concordance
pity, regard, spare A primitive root; properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate -- pity, regard, spare.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2347. chus
[חוּס] verb pity, look upon with compassion (Aramaic , חוּס pity, spare; Assyrian —û s, in proper names compare DlPr 181) —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular חָסָה Ezekiel 16:5, 2masculine singular חַ֫סְתָּ Jonah 4:10; Imperfect3masculine singular יָחוּס Jeremiah 21:7; יָחֹס Psalm 72:13; 3feminine 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; 1singular אָחוּס Jeremiah 13:14 2t.; Imperative חוּ֫סָה Joel 2:17; Nehemiah 13:22: —
a. of the eye, על תח(ו)ס (לא) עין, the eye shall (not) look with compassion, pity, upon Deuteronomy 7:16; 13:9; 19:13; Isaiah 13:18; Ezekiel 7:4; 20:17; עין עָלַיִךְ חסה לא 16:5; עַלכְּֿלֵיכֶם אַלתָּֿחֹס עֵינְכֶםGenesis 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 ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 וַתָּחָס We Klo Dr); with ellipsis of על Deuteronomy 19:21; 25:12; Ezekiel 5:11; 7:9; 8:18; 9:10; עיני֯כם תחס ע֯ל (אל) 9:5
b. of God על חוסה Nehemiah 13:22; Joel 2:17; נינוה על אחוס לא Jonah 4:11; ellipsis of עַל Jeremiah 13:14; Ezekiel 24:14.
c. of man: the Messianic king וְאֶבְיוֺן עלדַּֿל Psalm 72:13 he shall have pity on poor and needy, Nebuchadrezzar עליהם (i.e. on Zedekiah and the people) Jeremiah 21:7; Jonah, הקיקיון על Jonah 4:10. — See also חמל.
חוֺףsee below II. חפף.