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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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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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 9:5 · retained source text

¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Goe ye after him through the citie, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither haue ye pitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. mine eares.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 9:10 · retained source text

And as for me also, mine eye shal not spare, neither will I haue pitie, but I will recompence their way vpon their head.

1611 marginal noteCha.5.11. and 7.4. & 8.18.

Ezekiel 36:21
¶ But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:21 · retained source text

¶ But I had pitie for mine holy Name, which the house of Israel had prophaned among the heathen, whither they went.

Joel 2:18
¶ Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
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1611 witness · Joel 2:18 · retained source text

¶ Then will the LORD be iealous for his land, and pitie his people.

Amos 1:11
¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 1:11 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Edom, and for foure, I will not turne away the punishment thereof, because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pitie, and his anger did teare perpetually, and kept his wrath for euer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. corrupted his compassions.

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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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.

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.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 11:5 · retained source text

Whose possessours slay them, and hold themselues not guiltie: and they that sell thē say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their owne shepheards pitie them not.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 11:6 · retained source text

For I will no more pitie the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but loe, I will deliuer the men euery one into his neighbours hand, and into the hand of his King, and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliuer them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. make to be found.

Matthew 18:33
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
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1611 witness · Matthew 18:33 · retained source text

Shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy fellow-seruant, euen as I had pitie on thee?

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