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Strong's H2550 חָמַל (chamal)

Chamal means “spare” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2550 — kakoetheia (“malignity”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2550
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 40
Books 15

Strong's H2550 Quick Answer

Strong's H2550 חָמַל (chamal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chamal (khaw-mal') v. 1. to commiserate 2. (by implication) to spare It has 40 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include spare, pity, have, and compassion. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chamal (khaw-mal') v. 1. to commiserate 2. (by implication) to spare
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
spare, pity, have, and compassion

Meaning and Definition

chamal (khaw-mal') v. 1. to commiserate 2. (by implication) to spare [a primitive root] KJV: have compassion, (have) pity, spare.

Original Word
חָמַל
Transliteration
chamal
Derivation
Root: חמל
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2550. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2550 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chamal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

spare Deuteronomy 13:8 21× pity 2 Samuel 12:6 have 1 Samuel 15:15 compassion Exodus 2:6

How Strong's H2550 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 40 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2550 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2550 in the Old Testament

40 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 2:6 KJV

And 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.

Deuteronomy 13:8 KJV

Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

1 Samuel 15:3 KJV

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2550.

Exodus 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
Deuteronomy 13:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
1 Samuel 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
1 Samuel 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1 Samuel 15:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
1 Samuel 23:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
2 Samuel 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
2 Samuel 12:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
2 Samuel 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
2 Chronicles 36:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
2 Chronicles 36:17 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore 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.
Job 6:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
Job 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Job 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job 27:22 Old Testament, KJV
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Proverbs 6:34 Old Testament, KJV
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Isaiah 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
Isaiah 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Jeremiah 13:14 Old Testament, KJV
And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
Jeremiah 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
Jeremiah 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
Jeremiah 50:14 Old Testament, KJV
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:3 Old Testament, KJV
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Lamentations 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Lamentations 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
Lamentations 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
The 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.
Lamentations 3:43 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Ezekiel 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
Ezekiel 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
Ezekiel 8:18 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore 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.
Ezekiel 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
Ezekiel 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
Ezekiel 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
Ezekiel 36:21 Old Testament, KJV
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
Joel 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Habakkuk 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Zechariah 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Zechariah 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
Malachi 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2550, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 8 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2550 FAQ

What does chamal (חָמַל) mean?

Chamal (Strong's H2550) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "spare". chamal (khaw-mal') v. 1. to commiserate 2. (by implication) to spare

How many times is chamal (חָמַל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's H2550 across 15 books.

Where can I study chamal (חָמַל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2550 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chamal (חָמַל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as spare, pity, have, and compassion. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.