חוּס (ḥûs) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning pity. It appears
24 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2347).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 626)
Range of meaning (TWOT 626)pity, look upon with compassion; cover, compassionate; regard, spare
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חוּסverb: pity, look upon with compassion
Strong's H2347חוּס: properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate KJV:pity, regard, spare.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.