H2347 · חוּס
chûwç · khoos · spare, pity
H2347 (chûwç, pronounced khoos) is the Hebrew word חוּס in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate. It appears 24 times in 24 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חוּס (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- chûwç
- Pronunciation
- khoos
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
- Rendered in the KJV
- pity, regard, spare.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
24 occurrences in 24 verses (22 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “with pity” ×5
- “pity” ×2
- “He will take pity” ×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
By book
Genesis 1 · Deuteronomy 5 · 1 Samuel 1 · Nehemiah 1 · Psalms 1 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 2 · Ezekiel 9 · Joel 1 · Jonah 2
Verses
- Genesis 45:20
- Deuteronomy 7:16
- Deuteronomy 13:8
- Deuteronomy 19:13
- Deuteronomy 19:21
- Deuteronomy 25:12
- 1 Samuel 24:10
- Nehemiah 13:22
- Psalms 72:13
- Isaiah 13:18
- Jeremiah 13:14
- Jeremiah 21:7
- Ezekiel 5:11
- Ezekiel 7:4
- Ezekiel 7:9
- Ezekiel 8:18
- Ezekiel 9:5
- Ezekiel 9:10
- Ezekiel 16:5
- Ezekiel 20:17
- Ezekiel 24:14
- Joel 2:17
- Jonah 4:10
- Jonah 4:11