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Lexicon :: Strong's G1656 - eleos

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ἔλεος
Transliteration
eleos (Key)
Pronunciation
el'-eh-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:477,222

Trench's Synonyms: xlvii. χάρις, ἔλεος.
cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

ἔλεος éleos, el'-eh-os; of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially active):—(+ tender) mercy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G1656 in the following manner: mercy (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G1656 in the following manner: mercy (28x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔλεος éleos, el'-eh-os; of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially active):—(+ tender) mercy.
STRONGS G1656:
ἔλεος, -ου, ὁ, mercy: that of God toward sinners, Titus 3:5; ἔλεον λαμβάνειν, to receive i. e. experience, Hebrews 4:16; that of men: readiness to help those in trouble, Matthew 9:13 and Matthew 12:7 (from Hosea 6:6); Matthew 23:23. But in all these passages L T Tr WH have adopted the neuter form τὸ ἔλεος (which see), much more common in Hellenistic writings than the masculine ὁ ἔλεος, which is the only form in classic Greek [Sophocles (Lexicon, under the word) notes τὸ ἔλ. in Polybius 1, 88, 2; and Pape in Diodorus Siculus 3, 18 variant]. The Greek manuscripts of the O. T. also frequently waver between the two forms. Cf. [WHs Appendix, p. 158]; Winers Grammar, 66 (64); Buttmann, 22 (20).

ἔλεος, -ους, τό (a form more common in Hellenistic Greek than the classic ὁ ἔλεος, which see), mercy; kindness or good will toward the miserable and afflicted, joined with a desire to relieve them;
1. of men toward men: Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7; Matthew 23:23 (in these three passages, accusatives to L T Tr WH); James 2:13; James 3:17; ποιεῖν ἔλεος, to exercise the virtue of mercy, show oneself merciful, James 2:13; with the addition of μετά τίνος (in imitation of the very common Hebrew phrase עָשָׂה חֶסֶר עִם פ״ Genesis 21:23; Genesis 24:12; Judges 1:24, etc.; cf. Thiersch, De Pentateuchi vers. Alex., p. 147; [Winer's Grammar, 33 (32); 376 (353)]), to show, afford, mercy to one, Luke 10:37.
2. of God towards men;
a. universally: Luke 1:50; in benedictions: Galatians 6:16; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; [(probably) Titus 1:4 R L]; 2 John 1:3; Jude 1:2. ἐμεγάλυνε κύριος τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτῆς, magnified his mercy toward her, i. e. showed distinguished mercy to her (after the Hebrew, see Genesis 19:19), Luke 1:58.
b. especially the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ: Luke 1:54; Romans 15:9; Ephesians 2:4; [Titus 3:5 L T Tr WH; Hebrews 4:16 L T Tr WH]; 1 Peter 1:3; σπλάγχνα ἐλέους (the genitive of quality [cf. Winers Grammar, 611 (568)]), wherein mercy dwells,—as we should say, the heart of mercy, Luke 1:78; ποιεῖν ἔλεος μετά τινος (see 1 above), Luke 1:72; σκεύη ἐλέους, vessels (fitted for the reception) of mercy, i. e. men whom God has made fit to obtain salvation through Christ, Romans 9:23; τῷ ὑμετέρῳ έλέει, by (in consequence of, moved by) the mercy shown you in your conversion to Christ, Romans 11:31 [cf. Winers Grammar, § 22, 7 (cf. § 61, 3 a.); Buttmann, 157 (137)].
3. the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life: Jude 1:21; [2 Timothy 1:16, 18 (on the repetition of κύριος in 2 Timothy 1:18 cf. Genesis 19:24; 1 Samuel 3:21; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Chronicles 7:2; Genesis 1:27, etc. Winer's Grammar, § 22, 2); but Prof. Grimm understands κύριος here as referring to God; see κύριος, c. α.]. [Cf. Trench, § xlvii.; and see ἐλεέω at the end.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:27; 19:19; 19:24; 21:23; 24:12
Judges
1:24
1 Samuel
3:21; 15:22
2 Chronicles
7:2
Hosea
6:6
Matthew
9:13; 9:13; 12:7; 12:7; 23:23; 23:23
Luke
1:50; 1:54; 1:58; 1:72; 1:78; 10:37
Romans
9:23; 11:31; 15:9
Galatians
6:16
Ephesians
2:4
1 Timothy
1:2
2 Timothy
1:2; 1:16; 1:18; 1:18
Titus
1:4; 3:5; 3:5
Hebrews
4:16; 4:16
James
2:13; 2:13; 3:17
1 Peter
1:3
2 John
1:3
Jude
1:2; 1:21

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Strong's Number G1656 matches the Greek ἔλεος (eleos),
which occurs 236 times in 227 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 5 (2Ch 7:3–Psa 63:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:22 - Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:32 - Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 - To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:12 - Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:13 - He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:7 - But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:4 - Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:5 - But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:7 - Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:50 - Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:6 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:6 - Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:7 - Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:3 - For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:16 - Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 - Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5 - He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:18 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:22 - Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:5 - Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:10 - O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8 - Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9 - We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.]] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 - But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10 - For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:10 - The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 - But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:17 - Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 - Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

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