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Strong's G1653 · Greek

ἐλεάω ἐλεέω

eleeo · el-eh-eh'-o

from 1656; to compassionate (by word or deed, specially, by divine grace)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐλεέω (G1653)

28 ἐλεέω (in Ro 9:16 , Ju 22 , -άω , q.v.), -ῶ ( ἔλεος ), [in LXX (Hex, Pss, Pr) chiefly for חָנַן , also freq. in Proph. for רָחַם , etc. ;] to have pity or mercy on, to show mercy : absol., Ro 9:16 12:8 ; c. acc, Mt 9:27 15:22 17:15 18:33 20:30 , 31 , Mk 5:19 10:47 , 48 , Lk 16:24 17:13 18:38 , 39 , Ro 9:15 , 18 11:32 , Phl 2:27 , Ju 22 . Pass., to have pity or mercy shown one (EV, obtain mercy): Mt 5:7 , Ro 11:30 , 31 , I Co 7:25 , II Co 4:1 , I Ti 1:13 , 16 , I Pe 2:10 .† SYN. : οἰκτείρω (v. Tr., Syn ., § xlvii; Thayer, s.v. ἐλεέω ; Cremer, 249).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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