Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
KJV Usage: pity, regard, spare
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חוּס (chus) — to pity. (Qal) to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Merciful | verb qal | ≈ חמל · כסה · נחם · רחם
to have pity, to spare, to mind = state in which humans or deities are unwilling to do something that may have a negative effect on someone or something else; ◄ usually caused by an emotion of affection or compassion
GEN 45:20 · DEU 7:16 · DEU 13:9 · DEU 19:13 · DEU 19:21 · DEU 25:12 · 1SA 24:11 · NEH 13:22 · PSA 72:13 · ISA 13:18 · JER 13:14 · JER 21:7 · EZK 5:11 · EZK 7:4 · EZK 7:9 · EZK 8:18 · EZK 9:5 · EZK 9:10 · EZK 16:5 · EZK 20:17 · EZK 24:14 · JOL 2:17 · JON 4:10 · JON 4:11
1 1SA 24:11 The subject עַיִן is missing here but doubtlessly implied.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חוּס] vb. pity, look upon with compassion base