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pity

Meaning of “pity”

Sense 1: Compassion or sorrow awakened by another's distress. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel or show compassion.

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30 occurrences29 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 7:16

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Jonah 4:10
Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jonah 4:10 · retained source text

Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night:

1611 marginal noteOr, spared.

1611 marginal noteHeb. was the sonne of the night.

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