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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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Psalms 69:20
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Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 69:20 · retained source text

Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to lament with me.

Complete reference index — all 29 verses
Deuteronomy 7:16Deuteronomy 13:8Deuteronomy 19:13Deuteronomy 19:21Deuteronomy 25:122 Samuel 12:6Job 6:14Job 19:21Psalms 69:20Proverbs 19:17Proverbs 28:8Isaiah 13:18Isaiah 63:9Jeremiah 13:14Jeremiah 15:5Jeremiah 21:7Ezekiel 5:11Ezekiel 7:4Ezekiel 7:9Ezekiel 8:18Ezekiel 9:5Ezekiel 9:10Ezekiel 36:21Joel 2:18Amos 1:11Jonah 4:10Zechariah 11:5Zechariah 11:6Matthew 18:33

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Deuteronomy5 occurrences
5 verses2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verseJob3 occurrences
2 versesPsalms1 occurrence
1 verseProverbs2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah2 occurrences
2 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
3 versesEzekiel7 occurrences
7 versesJoel1 occurrence
1 verseAmos1 occurrence
1 verseJonah1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesMatthew1 occurrence
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