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Lexicon :: Strong's G1655 - eleēmōn

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ἐλεήμων
Transliteration
eleēmōn (Key)
Pronunciation
el-eh-ay'-mone
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
18x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:485,222

Strong’s Definitions

ἐλεήμων eleḗmōn, el-eh-ay'-mone; from G1653; compassionate (actively):—merciful.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1655 in the following manner: merciful (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1655 in the following manner: merciful (2x).

  1. merciful

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐλεήμων eleḗmōn, el-eh-ay'-mone; from G1653; compassionate (actively):—merciful.
STRONGS G1655:
ἐλεήμων, -ον, merciful: Matthew 5:7; Hebrews 2:17. [From Homer, Odyssey 5, 191 on; Sept..]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:7
Hebrews
2:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1655 matches the Greek ἐλεήμων (eleēmōn),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27 - because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:6 - And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - If you return to the LORD, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8 - The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:4 - He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4 - Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:5 - The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:8 - The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 - Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 - A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 - Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:22 - The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - Go, proclaim this message toward the north: “ ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will not be angry forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:13 - Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - He prayed to the LORD, “Isn’t this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
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