חוּס
chûwç(khoos)
“properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate”
24 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
Translated in KJV as
pityregardspare.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?”