Lexicon :: Strong's H2550 - ḥāmal

חָמַל

Transliteration

ḥāmal

Pronunciation

khaw-mal'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TWOT- 676

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

חָמַל châmal, khaw-mal'; a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare:—have compassion, (have) pity, spare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H2550 in the following manner: pity (18x), spare (18x), have compassion (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H2550 in the following manner: pity (18x), spare (18x), have compassion (5x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

(Qal) to spare, pity, have compassion on

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

חָמַל châmal, khaw-mal'; a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare:—have compassion, (have) pity, spare.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H2550: Abbreviations

† חָמַל verb spare (Arabic حَمَلَ; is bear, become responsible; Aramaic Lfmo comportavit, congessit); —
Qal Perfect ח׳ 1 Samuel 15:15 + 3 times; חָמָ֑ל 2 Samuel 12:6; Lamentations 2:17; חָמָ֑לְתָּ Lamentations 2:21; Lamentations 3:43; וְחָמַלְתִּ֫י Malachi 3:17; Imperfect יַחְמֹל Job 16:13 + 6 times; יַחְמוֺל Job 6:10 + 3 times; וַיַּחְמֹל 1 Samuel 15:9 + 3 times; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּחְמֹל Exodus 2:6; 2nd person masculine singular תַּחְמֹל Deuteronomy 13:9; 1 Samuel 15:3; אֶחְמֹל Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 9:10; אֶחְמוֺל Jeremiah 13:14 + 4 times; וָאֶחְמֹל Ezekiel 36:21; יַחְמֹ֑לוּ Isaiah 9:18; תַּחְמְלוּ Jeremiah 50:14; Jeremiah 51:3; תַּחְמֹ֑לוּ Ezekiel 9:5; Infinitive construct חֻמְלָה Ezekiel 16:5 (Ges^{§ 45, 1. b}); — spare, have compassion, with על Exodus 2:6 (E), 1 Samuel 15:3, 9, 15; 1 Samuel 23:21; 2 Samuel 21:7; 2 Chronicles 36:15, 17; Jeremiah 15:5; Ezekiel 16:5; Ezekiel 36:21; Job 20:13; Zechariah 11:5, 6; Malachi 3:17 (twice in verse); Joel 2:18; Deuteronomy 13:9 (|| חוס followed by על), Jeremiah 21:7 (|| חוס followed by על + רחם), Ezekiel 9:10 (|| חוס followed by על according to Co); followed by אֶלֿ Jeremiah 51:3; Isaiah 9:18; note poetic אֶלחֵֿץ אַלתַּֿחְ׳＝spare no arrow Jeremiah 50:14; followed by Infinitive 2 Samuel 12:4; absolute 2 Samuel 12:6; Isaiah 30:14; Lamentations 2:17, 21, also Lamentations 2:2 where apparently followed by accusative, Lamentations 3:43; Job 6:10; Job 16:13; Job 27:22; Proverbs 6:34; Habakkuk 1:17; || חוס Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:4 (strike out Co as doubl. of Ezekiel 7:9), Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 9:5; Jeremiah 13:14 (|| אחוס and ארחם).

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:6; 2:6

Deuteronomy

13:9; 13:9

1 Samuel

15:3; 15:3; 15:9; 15:9; 15:15; 15:15; 23:21

2 Samuel

12:4; 12:6; 12:6; 21:7

2 Chronicles

36:15; 36:17

Job

6:10; 6:10; 16:13; 16:13; 20:13; 27:22

Proverbs

6:34

Isaiah

9:18; 9:18; 30:14

Jeremiah

13:14; 13:14; 15:5; 21:7; 50:14; 50:14; 51:3; 51:3

Lamentations

2:2; 2:17; 2:17; 2:21; 2:21; 3:43; 3:43

Ezekiel

5:11; 7:4; 7:9; 7:9; 8:18; 8:18; 9:5; 9:5; 9:10; 9:10; 16:5; 16:5; 36:21; 36:21

Joel

2:18

Habakkuk

1:17

Zechariah

11:5; 11:6

Malachi

3:17; 3:17

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H2550 matches the Hebrew חָמַל (ḥāmal),
which occurs 41 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Exo 2:6

Exo 2:6 - And when she had opened^H6605 it, she saw^H7200 the child:^H3206 and, behold, the babe^H5288 wept.^H1058 And she had compassion^H2550 on him, and said,^H559 This is one of the Hebrews'^H5680 children.^H3206

Deu 13:8

Deu 13:8 - Thou shalt not consent^H14 unto him, nor hearken^H8085 unto him; neither shall thine eye^H5869 pity^H2347 him, neither shalt thou spare,^H2550 neither shalt thou conceal^H3680 him:

1Sa 15:3

1Sa 15:3 - Now go^H3212 and smite^H5221 Amalek,^H6002 and utterly destroy^H2763 all that they have, and spare^H2550 them not; but slay^H4191 both man^H376 and woman,^H802 infant^H5768 and suckling,^H3243 ox^H7794 and sheep,^H7716 camel^H1581 and ass.^H2543

1Sa 15:9

1Sa 15:9 - But Saul^H7586 and the people^H5971 spared^H2550 Agag,^H90 and the best^H4315 of the sheep,^H6629 and of the oxen,^H1241 and of the fatlings,^H4932 and the lambs,^H3733 and all that was good,^H2896 and would^H14 not utterly destroy^H2763 them: but every thing^H4399 that was vile^H5240 and refuse,^H4549 that they destroyed utterly.^H2763

1Sa 15:15

1Sa 15:15 - And Saul^H7586 said,^H559 They have brought^H935 them from the Amalekites:^H6003 for the people^H5971 spared^H2550 the best^H4315 of the sheep^H6629 and of the oxen,^H1241 to sacrifice^H2076 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God;^H430 and the rest^H3498 we have utterly destroyed.^H2763

1Sa 23:21

1Sa 23:21 - And Saul^H7586 said,^H559 Blessed^H1288 be ye of the LORD;^H3068 for ye have compassion^H2550 on me.

2Sa 12:4

2Sa 12:4 - And there came^H935 a traveller^H1982 unto the rich^H6223 man,^H376 and he spared^H2550 to take^H3947 of his own flock^H6629 and of his own herd,^H1241 to dress^H6213 for the wayfaring man^H732 that was come^H935 unto him; but took^H3947 the poor^H7326 man's^H376 lamb,^H3535 and dressed^H6213 it for the man^H376 that was come^H935 to him.

2Sa 12:6

2Sa 12:6 - And he shall restore^H7999 the lamb^H3535 fourfold,^H706 because^H6118 he did^H6213 this thing,^H1697 and because^H834 he had no pity.^H2550

2Sa 21:7

2Sa 21:7 - But the king^H4428 spared^H2550 Mephibosheth,^H4648 the son^H1121 of Jonathan^H3083 the son^H1121 of Saul,^H7586 because of the LORD'S^H3068 oath^H7621 that was between them, between David^H1732 and Jonathan^H3083 the son^H1121 of Saul.^H7586

2Ch 36:15

2Ch 36:15 - And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of their fathers^H1 sent^H7971 to them by^H3027 his messengers,^H4397 rising up betimes,^H7925 and sending;^H7971 because he had compassion^H2550 on his people,^H5971 and on his dwelling place:^H4583

2Ch 36:17

2Ch 36:17 - Therefore he brought^H5927 upon them the king^H4428 of the Chaldees,^H3778 who slew^H2026 their young men^H970 with the sword^H2719 in the house^H1004 of their sanctuary,^H4720 and had no compassion^H2550 upon young man^H970 or maiden,^H1330 old man,^H2205 or him that stooped for age:^H3486 he gave^H5414 them all into his hand.^H3027

Job 6:10

Job 6:10 - Then should I yet have comfort;^H5165 yea, I would harden^H5539 myself in sorrow:^H2427 let him not spare;^H2550 for I have not concealed^H3582 the words^H561 of the Holy One.^H6918

Job 16:13

Job 16:13 - His archers^H7228 compass me round about,^H5437 he cleaveth^H6398 ➔ my reins^H3629 asunder,^H6398 and doth not spare;^H2550 he poureth out^H8210 my gall^H4845 upon the ground.^H776

Job 20:13

Job 20:13 - Though he spare^H2550 it, and forsake^H5800 it not; but keep it still^H4513 within^H8432 his mouth:^H2441

Job 27:22

Job 27:22 - For God shall cast^H7993 upon him, and not spare:^H2550 he would fain^H1272 flee^H1272 out of his hand.^H3027

Pro 6:34

Pro 6:34 - For jealousy^H7068 is the rage^H2534 of a man:^H1397 therefore he will not spare^H2550 in the day^H3117 of vengeance.^H5359

Isa 9:19

Isa 9:19 - Through the wrath^H5678 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 is the land^H776 darkened,^H6272 and the people^H5971 shall be as the fuel^H3980 of the fire:^H784 no man^H376 shall spare^H2550 his brother.^H251

Isa 30:14

Isa 30:14 - And he shall break^H7665 it as the breaking^H7667 of the potters'^H3335 vessel^H5035 that is broken in pieces;^H3807 he shall not spare:^H2550 so that there shall not be found^H4672 in the bursting^H4386 of it a sherd^H2789 to take^H2846 fire^H784 from the hearth,^H3344 or to take^H2834 water^H4325 withal out of the pit.^H1360

Jer 13:14

Jer 13:14 - And I will dash^H5310 them one^H376 against another,^H251 even the fathers^H1 and the sons^H1121 together,^H3162 saith^H5002 the LORD:^H3068 I will not pity,^H2550 nor spare,^H2347 nor have mercy,^H7355 but destroy^H7843 them.

Jer 15:5

Jer 15:5 - For who shall have pity^H2550 upon thee, O Jerusalem?^H3389 or who shall bemoan^H5110 thee? or who shall go aside^H5493 to ask^H7592 how thou doest?^H7965

Jer 21:7

Jer 21:7 - And afterward,^H310 saith^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 I will deliver^H5414 Zedekiah^H6667 king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 and his servants,^H5650 and the people,^H5971 and such as are left^H7604 in this city^H5892 from the pestilence,^H1698 from the sword,^H2719 and from the famine,^H7458 into the hand^H3027 of Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon,^H894 and into the hand^H3027 of their enemies,^H341 and into the hand^H3027 of those that seek^H1245 their life:^H5315 and he shall smite^H5221 them with the edge^H6310 of the sword;^H2719 he shall not spare^H2347 them, neither have pity,^H2550 nor have mercy.^H7355

Jer 50:14

Jer 50:14 - Put yourselves in array^H6186 against Babylon^H894 round about:^H5439 all ye that bend^H1869 the bow,^H7198 shoot^H3034 at her, spare^H2550 no arrows:^H2671 for she hath sinned^H2398 against the LORD.^H3068

Jer 51:3

Jer 51:3 - Against him that bendeth^H1869 ➔ let the archer^H1869 bend^H1869 his bow,^H7198 and against him that lifteth himself up^H5927 in his brigandine:^H5630 and spare^H2550 ye not her young men;^H970 destroy ye utterly^H2763 all her host.^H6635

Lam 2:2

Lam 2:2 - The Lord^H136 hath swallowed up^H1104 all the habitations^H4999 of Jacob,^H3290 and hath not pitied:^H2550 he hath thrown down^H2040 in his wrath^H5678 the strong holds^H4013 of the daughter^H1323 of Judah;^H3063 he hath brought them down^H5060 to the ground:^H776 he hath polluted^H2490 the kingdom^H4467 and the princes^H8269 thereof.

Lam 2:17

Lam 2:17 - The LORD^H3068 hath done^H6213 that which he had devised;^H2161 he hath fulfilled^H1214 his word^H565 that he had commanded^H6680 in the days^H3117 of old:^H6924 he hath thrown down,^H2040 and hath not pitied:^H2550 and he hath caused thine enemy^H341 to rejoice^H8055 over thee, he hath set up^H7311 the horn^H7161 of thine adversaries.^H6862

Lam 2:21

Lam 2:21 - The young^H5288 and the old^H2205 lie^H7901 on the ground^H776 in the streets:^H2351 my virgins^H1330 and my young men^H970 are fallen^H5307 by the sword;^H2719 thou hast slain^H2026 them in the day^H3117 of thine anger;^H639 thou hast killed,^H2873 and not pitied.^H2550

Lam 3:43

Lam 3:43 - Thou hast covered^H5526 with anger,^H639 and persecuted^H7291 us: thou hast slain,^H2026 thou hast not pitied.^H2550

Eze 5:11

Eze 5:11 - Wherefore, as I live,^H2416 saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD;^H3069 Surely, because thou hast defiled^H2930 my sanctuary^H4720 with all thy detestable things,^H8251 and with all thine abominations,^H8441 therefore will I also diminish^H1639 thee; neither shall mine eye^H5869 spare,^H2347 neither will I have any pity.^H2550

Eze 7:4

Eze 7:4 - And mine eye^H5869 shall not spare^H2347 thee, neither will I have pity:^H2550 but I will recompense^H5414 thy ways^H1870 upon thee, and thine abominations^H8441 shall be in the midst^H8432 of thee: and ye shall know^H3045 that I am the LORD.^H3068

Eze 7:9

Eze 7:9 - And mine eye^H5869 shall not spare,^H2347 neither will I have pity:^H2550 I will recompense^H5414 thee according to thy ways^H1870 and thine abominations^H8441 that are in the midst^H8432 of thee; and ye shall know^H3045 that I am the LORD^H3068 that smiteth.^H5221

Eze 8:18

Eze 8:18 - Therefore will I also deal^H6213 in fury:^H2534 mine eye^H5869 shall not spare,^H2347 neither will I have pity:^H2550 and though they cry^H7121 in mine ears^H241 with a loud^H1419 voice,^H6963 yet will I not hear^H8085 them.

Eze 9:5

Eze 9:5 - And to the others^H428 he said^H559 in mine hearing,^H241 Go^H5674 ye after^H310 him through the city,^H5892 and smite:^H5221 let not your eye^H5869 spare,^H2347 neither have ye pity:^H2550

Eze 9:10

Eze 9:10 - And as for me also, mine eye^H5869 shall not spare,^H2347 neither will I have pity,^H2550 but I will recompense^H5414 their way^H1870 upon their head.^H7218

Eze 16:5

Eze 16:5 - None eye^H5869 pitied^H2347 thee, to do^H6213 any^H259 of these unto thee, to have compassion^H2550 upon thee; but thou wast cast out^H7993 in the open^H6440 field,^H7704 to the lothing^H1604 of thy person,^H5315 in the day^H3117 that thou wast born.^H3205

Eze 36:21

Eze 36:21 - But I had pity^H2550 for mine holy^H6944 name,^H8034 which the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 had profaned^H2490 among the heathen,^H1471 whither they went.^H935

Joe 2:18

Joe 2:18 - Then will the LORD^H3068 be jealous^H7065 for his land,^H776 and pity^H2550 his people.^H5971

Hab 1:17

Hab 1:17 - Shall they therefore empty^H7324 their net,^H2764 and not spare^H2550 continually^H8548 to slay^H2026 the nations?^H1471

Zec 11:5

Zec 11:5 - Whose possessors^H7069 slay^H2026 them, and hold themselves not guilty:^H816 and they that sell^H4376 them say,^H559 Blessed^H1288 be the LORD;^H3068 for I am rich:^H6238 and their own shepherds^H7462 pity^H2550 them not.

Zec 11:6

Zec 11:6 - For I will no more pity^H2550 the inhabitants^H3427 of the land,^H776 saith^H5002 the LORD:^H3068 but, lo, I will deliver^H4672 the men^H120 every one^H376 into his neighbour's^H7453 hand,^H3027 and into the hand^H3027 of his king:^H4428 and they shall smite^H3807 the land,^H776 and out of their hand^H3027 I will not deliver^H5337 them.

Mal 3:17

Mal 3:17 - And they shall be mine, saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 in that day^H3117 when I make up^H6213 my jewels;^H5459 and I will spare^H2550 them, as a man^H376 spareth^H2550 his own son^H1121 that serveth^H5647 him.