Chamal חָמַל

Chamal (Hebrew חָמַל, Strong's H2550) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to spare”. It occurs 41 times in 40 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Chamal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 2:6
  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.When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 13:8
  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:you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 15:3
  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.Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
• 1 Samuel 15:9
  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.Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
• 1 Samuel 15:15
  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.Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
• 1 Samuel 23:21
  And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 12:4
  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.Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”
• 2 Samuel 12:6
  And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
• 2 Samuel 21:7
  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.Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 36:15
  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:Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17
  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.So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

Job

• Job 6:10
  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.It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• Job 16:13
  His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
• Job 20:13
  Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
• Job 27:22
  For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 6:34
  For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 9:19
  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.By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.
• Isaiah 30:14
  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.It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 13:14
  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.I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
• Jeremiah 15:5
  For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
• Jeremiah 21:7
  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.‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
• Jeremiah 50:14
  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.Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
• Jeremiah 51:3
  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.Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:2
  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.Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.
• Lamentations 2:17
  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.The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
• Lamentations 2:21
  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.Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
• Lamentations 3:43
  Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 5:11
  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.Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
• Ezekiel 7:4
  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.I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
• Ezekiel 7:9
  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.I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
• Ezekiel 8:18
  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.Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Ezekiel 9:5
  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:And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
• Ezekiel 9:10
  And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
• Ezekiel 16:5
  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.No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.
• Ezekiel 36:21
  But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.

Joel

• Joel 2:18
  Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:17
  Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?

Zechariah

• Zechariah 11:5
  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.whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
• Zechariah 11:6
  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.For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”

Malachi

• Malachi 3:17
  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.“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).