Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H2550

Strong's H2550 · Hebrew

חָמַל

châmal · /khaw-mal'/

Number
H2550
Language
Hebrew
Original word
חָמַל
Transliteration
châmal
Pronunciation
khaw-mal'
KJV occurrences
40 verses

Definition

to commiserate; by implication, to spare

KJV: have compassion, (have) pity, spare.

Root / derivation: a primitive root;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered חָמַל across 40 verses.

pity14×
spare13×
compassion5×
pitied4×
spared4×
spareth1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

40 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Exodus1 verse
Deuteronomy1 verse
1 Samuel4 verses
2 Samuel3 verses
2 Chronicles2 verses
Job4 verses
Proverbs1 verse
Isaiah2 verses
Jeremiah5 verses
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. one: Heb. a man against his brother but: Heb. from destroying them

Jeremiah 15:5

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? how: Heb. of thy peace?

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, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

Jeremiah 50:14

Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:3

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

Lamentations4 verses
Lamentations 2:2

The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. brought: Heb. made to touch

Lamentations 2:17

The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

Lamentations 2:21

The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

Lamentations 3:43

Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

Ezekiel8 verses
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, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

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: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 7:9

And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth. thee according: Heb. upon thee, etc

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 them.

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: mine hearing: Heb. mine ears

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 16:5

None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

Ezekiel 36:21

But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

Joel1 verse
Habakkuk1 verse
Zechariah2 verses
Malachi1 verse

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H2550 (châmal) mean?

to commiserate; by implication, to spare

How many times does H2550 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H2550 (חָמַל) appears in 40 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “pity.”

How is châmal translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H2550 is rendered as “pity” (14×), “spare” (13×), “compassion” (5×), “pitied” (4×), among other words.

Where does the Hebrew word חָמַל come from?

a primitive root;