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1656 – ἔλεος (eleos)

mercy


Type:
Noun
neut. ♁
Greek: ἔλεος (eleos)
Pronunciation: el-eh-os    Listen
Gematria: 116(5 + 30 + 5 + 70 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: Of uncertain affinity
Usage: 27 times in NA, 23 times in TR     

Description

  1. Mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them.
    1. Of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful.
    2. Of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ.
    3. The mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life.


Word root

Word with eleos as root:

ἐλεεινόςeleeinosG1652miserable
ἐλεέωeleeoG1653have mercy on
ἐλεημοσύνηeleemosuneG1654alms

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into eleos :

חֵןchenH2580favor
חֶסֶדchesedH2617akindness
יֵ֫שַׁעjeshaH3468salvation
מְעִיmeiH4596heap
צְדָקָהtsedaqahH6666righteousness
רַחַםrachamH7356awomb
רָצוֹןratsonH7522acceptance

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
N-ASN-13
Noun Noun
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
N-DSN-2
Noun Noun
gen. sing. neut. genitive singular Neutral
N-GSN-5
Noun Noun
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
N-NSN-7


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References (27 occurances in 26 verses)




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