חוּס
chûwç · khoos
properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pity, regard, spare.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › to support and uphold
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוּס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall not spare5 · 21%
- shall not pity3 · 13%
- spare3 · 13%
- regard1 · 4%
- shall have no pity1 · 4%
- pity1 · 4%
- thee: but mine eye spared1 · 4%
- concerning this also, and spare1 · 4%
- he shall spare1 · 4%
- nor spare1 · 4%
- he shall not spare1 · 4%
- pitied1 · 4%
- spared1 · 4%
- neither will i spare1 · 4%
- thou hast had pity1 · 4%
- and should not i spare1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.