STRONGS NUMBER H2347


Word Summary
chus: to pity, look upon with compassion
Original Word: חוּס
Transliteration: 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 , חוּסpity, spare; Assyrian —û s, in proper names compare DlPr 181) —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular חָסָהEzekiel 16:5, 2masculine singular חַ֫סְתָּJonah 4:10; Imperfect3masculine singular יָחוּסJeremiah 21:7; יָחֹסPsalm 72:13; 3feminine singular תָּחוּסIsaiah 13:18; תָּהוֺסDeuteronomy 7:16 9t.(Ges§ 72 R 4 Bö§ 1133(2)); תָּחֹסGenesis 45:20; Ezekiel 9:5; וַתָּ֫חָס1 Samuel 24:11; Ezekiel 20:17; 1singular אָחוּסJeremiah 13:14 2t.; Imperative חוּ֫סָהJoel 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 לא16:5; עַלכְּֿלֵיכֶם אַלתָּֿחֹס עֵינְכֶםGenesis 45:20 (RJE) let not your eye look with regret upon your stuff; with ellipsis of עַיִן1 Samuel 24:11 (but read וָאָחֻס‎, for ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 וַתָּחָס‎ We Klo Dr); with ellipsis of עלDeuteronomy 19:21; 25:12; Ezekiel 5:11; 7:9; 8:18; 9:10; עיני֯כם תחס ע֯ל (אל)9:5

b. of God על חוסהNehemiah 13:22; Joel 2:17; נינוה על אחוס לאJonah 4:11; ellipsis of עַלJeremiah 13:14; Ezekiel 24:14.

c. of man: the Messianic king וְאֶבְיוֺן עלדַּֿלPsalm 72:13 he shall have pity on poor and needy, Nebuchadrezzar עליהם‎ (i.e. on Zedekiah and the people) Jeremiah 21:7; Jonah, הקיקיון עלJonah 4:10. — See also חמל‎.

חוֺף‎see below II. חפף‎.