Châmal — H2550

H2550 · Hebrew — חמל

Pronunciation: khaw-mal'

Definition

verb

to commiserate; by implication, to spare

  1. (Qal) to spare, pity, have compassion on

Usually translated as

pity, spare, have compassion

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Châmal occurs 41 times in 40 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (3), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (4), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (5), Lamentations (4), Ezekiel (8), Joel (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (2), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C