H2550 חָמַל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 41 KJV occurrences
חָמַל
châmal · khaw-mal'
Definition
to commiserate; by implication, to spare
KJV Renderings
have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 41)
- Exodus 2:6And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
- 1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
- Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- Jeremiah 21:7And 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.
- Lamentations 2:21The 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.
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore 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.
- Joel 2:18¶ Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.