Hebrew word

châmal

khaw-mal'

חָמַל

What it means

to commiserate

to commiserate; by implication, to spare

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

spare13
pity11
compassion5
spared4
pitied2
spareth1

Every place it appears 36

Exodus2:6

Deuteronomy13:8

1 Samuel15:3 15:9 15:15 23:21

2 Samuel12:4 12:6 21:7

2 Chronicles36:15 36:17

Job6:10 16:13 20:13 27:22

Proverbs6:34

Isaiah9:19 30:14

Jeremiah13:14 15:5 21:7 50:14 51:3

Lamentations2:2 2:17

Ezekiel7:4 7:9 8:18 9:10 16:5 36:21

Joel2:18

Habakkuk1:17

Zechariah11:6

Malachi3:17