Strong G3627οἰκτείρω
to have compassion
- Transliteration
- oikteirō
- Pronunciation
- oyk-ti'-ro
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Also in certain tenses οἰκτερέω oiktereō oyk-ter-eh'-o; from οἰκτος oiktos (pity); to exercise pity: - have compassion on.
Detailed definition
οἰκτείρω
(οἶκτος, pity), [in LXX for רָחַם pi., חָנַן, etc.;]
to pity, have compassion on. with accusative of person(s), Rom.9:15 (LXX).†
SYN.: ἐλεέω, q.v (AS)
(οἶκτος, pity), [in LXX for רָחַם pi., חָנַן, etc.;]
to pity, have compassion on. with accusative of person(s), Rom.9:15 (LXX).†
SYN.: ἐλεέω, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3627 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- compassion1
First verses
- Romans 9:15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: οἰκτ-ίρω [ῑ]
(in codices frequently -ειρ-, but -ῑρ- in early Inscrr., [Refs (“IG” 12.971,976,982)], see entry near the end; compare κατοικτίρω): imperfect ᾤκτ (ε) ιρον [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Stesichorus Lyricus 18)]: future οἰκτῐρῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199.6 (-ερεῖ codices):)]aorist ᾤκτ (ε) ιρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.814, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 354, +others)]; Ionic dialect οἴκτ (ε) ιρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52)]:—passive, only present and imperfect [NT+8th c.BC+ (, [prev. passage], 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.40, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1412:—later forms (as if from οἰκτειρέω): _future_ οἰκτειρήσω Scholia 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.740, LXX.Exo.33.19, NT.Rom.9.15, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Descriptiones” 30.18: _aorist_ ᾠκτείρησα Scholia 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 353: _aorist_ _passive_ οἰκτειρηθῆναι [prev. work] 637.—Cf. οἰκτείρημα)]:—pity, have pity upon, with accusative person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.814, 16.5, Hdt.[same place], 7.38; ἐλεῆσαι καὶ οἰ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 288d)]; οἰ. τινά τινος pity one for or because of a thing, οἰκτίρω σε θεσφάτου μόρου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1321, compare “Supp.” 209; also οἰ. τινά τινος ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 2.7; ἐπί τινι [prev. work] 4)]: with accusative of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1233, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 328, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.1.2.)]
2 with infinitive, οἰ. νιν λιπεῖν I am sorry to leave her, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 652)]; οἰ. εἰ.. to be sorry that it should be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.7)]. [Aeolic dialect οἰκτίρρω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 2.558: hence οἰκτῑρω is probably from οἰκτιρ-ψω, and οἰκτίρετε [ῐ] in “Anthologia Graeca” 7.267 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus) is an error: but the _Attic dialect_)]future is οἰκτερῶ accusative to [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.559.])]
(in codices frequently -ειρ-, but -ῑρ- in early Inscrr., [Refs (“IG” 12.971,976,982)], see entry near the end; compare κατοικτίρω): imperfect ᾤκτ (ε) ιρον [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Stesichorus Lyricus 18)]: future οἰκτῐρῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199.6 (-ερεῖ codices):)]aorist ᾤκτ (ε) ιρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.814, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 354, +others)]; Ionic dialect οἴκτ (ε) ιρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52)]:—passive, only present and imperfect [NT+8th c.BC+ (, [prev. passage], 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.40, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1412:—later forms (as if from οἰκτειρέω): _future_ οἰκτειρήσω Scholia 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.740, LXX.Exo.33.19, NT.Rom.9.15, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Descriptiones” 30.18: _aorist_ ᾠκτείρησα Scholia 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 353: _aorist_ _passive_ οἰκτειρηθῆναι [prev. work] 637.—Cf. οἰκτείρημα)]:—pity, have pity upon, with accusative person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.814, 16.5, Hdt.[same place], 7.38; ἐλεῆσαι καὶ οἰ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 288d)]; οἰ. τινά τινος pity one for or because of a thing, οἰκτίρω σε θεσφάτου μόρου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1321, compare “Supp.” 209; also οἰ. τινά τινος ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 2.7; ἐπί τινι [prev. work] 4)]: with accusative of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1233, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 328, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.1.2.)]
2 with infinitive, οἰ. νιν λιπεῖν I am sorry to leave her, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 652)]; οἰ. εἰ.. to be sorry that it should be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.7)]. [Aeolic dialect οἰκτίρρω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 2.558: hence οἰκτῑρω is probably from οἰκτιρ-ψω, and οἰκτίρετε [ῐ] in “Anthologia Graeca” 7.267 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus) is an error: but the _Attic dialect_)]future is οἰκτερῶ accusative to [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.559.])]