Strong G1656ἔλεος

mercy

Transliteration
eleos
Pronunciation
el'-eh-os
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

Of uncertain affinity;
compassion (human or divine especially active): - (+ tender) mercy.

Detailed definition

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.: οἰκτιρμός (see: ἐλεέω) (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1656 appears in 27 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • mercy27
  • of1
  • the1

First verses

  1. Matthew 9:13
    But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  2. Matthew 12:7
    But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
  3. Matthew 23:23
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
  4. Luke 1:50
    And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
  5. Luke 1:54
    He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
  6. Luke 1:58
    And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
  7. Luke 1:72
    To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
  8. Luke 1:78
    Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
  9. Luke 10:37
    And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
  10. Romans 9:23
    And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
  11. Romans 11:31
    Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
  12. Romans 15:9
    And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
  13. Galatians 6:16
    And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
  14. Ephesians 2:4
    But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
  15. 1 Timothy 1:2
    Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
  16. 2 Timothy 1:2
    To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  17. 2 Timothy 1:16
    The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
  18. 2 Timothy 1:18
    The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
  19. Titus 1:4
    To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
  20. Titus 3:5
    Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔλεος, ὁ,
pity, mercy, compassion, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.44, etc.)]: also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 6c6 c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.83)]; μ᾽ ἔ. τινος ἐσῆλθε pity for.., [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 491; ἔλεον ποιήσασθαι ἐπί τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.111; ἐλέου τυχεῖν παρά τινος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.27:—later ἔλεος, τό, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.88.2, LXX.Gen.19.19, etc.: _plural_, ἐλέη, τά,LXX.Psa.16(17).7)]; ἐ. ποιεῖν μετά τινος[LXX (LXX.Gen.24.12, +others)] (but masculine is also found,[LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.83(84).12, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 33.11.3, 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 83, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.65 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, NT.Jam.2.13, etc.).)]
II personified. worshipped at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 260; at Epidaurus, “IG” 4.1282; Ἔ. ἐπιεικὴς θεός 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 31.)]
III object of compassion, piteous thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 832.)]