Strong's Concordance eleos: mercy, pity, compassion Original Word: ἔλεος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine; Noun, Neuter Transliteration: eleos Phonetic Spelling: (el'-eh-os) Definition: mercy, pity, compassion Usage: pity, mercy, compassion. HELPS Word-studies 1656 éleos (translating OT 2617 /kataisxýnō, "covenant-loyalty, covenant-love" in the OT-LXX over 170 times) – properly, "mercy" as it is defined by loyalty to God's covenant. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definition mercy, pity, compassion NASB Translation compassion (2), mercy (25). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1656: ἔλεος (1)ἔλεος (1), ἐλέου, ὁ, mercy: that of God toward sinners, Titus 3:5; ἔ STRONGS NT 1656: ἔλεος (2)ἔλεος (2), ἐλέους, τό (a form more common in Hellenistic Greek than the classic ὁ ἔλεος, which see), "mercy; kindness or good will toward the miserable and afflicted, joined with a desire to relieve them"; 1. of men toward men: Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7; Matthew 23:23 (in these three passages, accusatives to L T Tr WH); James 2:13; James 3:17; 2. of God toward men; a. universally: Luke 1:50; in benedictions: Galatians 6:16; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; ((probably) Titus 1:4 R L); 2 John 1:3; Jude 1:2. ἐμεγάλυνε κύριος τό ἔλεος b. especially the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ: Luke 1:54; Romans 15:9; Ephesians 2:4; (Titus 3:5 L T Tr WH; Hebrews 4:16 L T Tr WH); 1 Peter 1:3; σπλάγχνα ἐλέους (the genitive of quality (cf. Winers Grammar, 611 (568))), wherein mercy dwells, as we should say, the heart of mercy, Luke 1:78; 3. the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life: Jude 1:21; (2 Timothy 1:16, 18 (on the repetition of κύριος in 2 Timothy 1:18 cf. Genesis 19:24; 1 Samuel 3:21; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Chronicles 7:2; Genesis 1:27, etc. Winer's Grammar, § 22, 2); but Prof. Grimm understands κύριος here as referring to God; see κύριος, c. Of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially active) -- (+ tender) mercy. Englishman's Concordance Matthew 9:13 N-ANSGRK: τί ἐ NAS: I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' KJV: I will have mercy, and INT: what is Mercy I desire and Matthew 12:7 N-ANS Matthew 23:23 N-ANS Luke 1:50 N-NMS Luke 1:54 N-GNS Luke 1:58 N-ANS Luke 1:72 N-ANS Luke 1:78 N-GNS Luke 10:37 N-ANS Romans 9:23 N-GNS Romans 11:31 N-DNS Romans 15:9 N-GNS Galatians 6:16 N-NMS Ephesians 2:4 N-DNS 1 Timothy 1:2 N-NMS 2 Timothy 1:2 N-NMS 2 Timothy 1:16 N-ANS 2 Timothy 1:18 N-ANS Titus 3:5 N-ANS Hebrews 4:16 N-ANS James 2:13 N-ANS James 2:13 N-ANS James 3:17 N-GNS 1 Peter 1:3 N-ANS 2 John 1:3 N-NMS Strong's Greek 1656 |