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ἔλεος eleos · G1656

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mercy

ἔλεος, -ους, τό; (cl. -ου, ὁ, and so Rec., Mat.9:13 12:7 23:23, Tit.3:5, Heb.4:16; on the Hellenistic form τό ἔ., see WH, App., 158; M, Pr., 60; Mayser, 277; Kühner, i, 515), [in LXX chiefly for חֶסֶד ; ] ; mercy, pity, compassion; 1. of men: Mat.9:13 (LXX) Mat.12:7 23:23; ποιεῖν ἔ. (and id. before μετά, with genitive; cf. Heb. עִם חֶסֶד עָשָׂה, Gen.21:23, al.), Luk.10:37, Jas.2:13 3:17. ; 2. Of God: Luk.1:50, 54 1:58, Rom.15:9, Eph.2:4, 2Ti.1:16 1:18, Tit.3:5, Heb.4:16, 1Pe.1:3; esp. in benedictions, Gal.6:16, 1Ti.1:2, 2Ti.1:2, 2Jn.3, Ju 2; σκευὴ ἐλέους, Rom.9:23; σπλάγχνα ἐλέους, Luk.1:78; ποιεῖν ἔ. (see supr.), Luk.1:72; τ. ὑμετέρῳ ἐλέει, Rom.11:31. ; 3. Of Christ: Ju 21.†; SYN.: …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἔλεος, ὁ, ; pity, mercy, compassion, []: also in plural, []; μ᾽ ἔ. τινος ἐσῆλθε pity for.., []; ἐ. ποιεῖν μετά τινος[] (but masculine is also found,[]; II personified. worshipped at Athens, []; III object of compassion, piteous thing, []

Where it's used 27 times

Matthew 9:13 · Matthew 12:7 · Matthew 23:23 · Luke 1:50 · Luke 1:54 · Luke 1:58 · Luke 1:72 · Luke 1:78 · Luke 10:37 · Romans 9:23 · Romans 11:31 · Romans 15:9 · Galatians 6:16 · Ephesians 2:4 · 1 Timothy 1:2 · 2 Timothy 1:2 · 2 Timothy 1:16 · 2 Timothy 1:18 · Titus 3:5 · Hebrews 4:16 · James 2:13 · James 3:17 · 1 Peter 1:3 · 2 John 1:3 · Jude 1:2 · Jude 1:21 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G1656; TFLSJ G1656

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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