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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.]
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 19:19–2Ch 6:42)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life; but I cannot flee to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me, and I die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - And he said, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, grant me success today, I pray thee, and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - Let the maiden to whom I shall say, 'Pray let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels'--let her be the one whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. By this I shall know that thou hast shown steadfast love to my master."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and who will say to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also," let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - Now then, if you will deal loyally and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand or to the left."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - But remember me, when it is well with you, and do me the kindness, I pray you, to make mention of me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - If thou wilt deal thus with me, kill me at once, if I find favor in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray thee, according to the greatness of thy steadfast love, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:12 - "And because you hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love which he swore to your fathers to keep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - None of the devoted things shall cleave to your hand; that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12 - Now then, swear to me by the LORD that as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a sure sign,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:14 - And the men said to her, "Our life for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then we will deal kindly and faithfully with you when the LORD gives us the land."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For it was the LORD's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be utterly destroyed, and should receive no mercy but be exterminated, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Pray, show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - and they did not show kindness to the family of Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - But Na'omi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - And Na'omi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed be he by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Na'omi also said to her, "The man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kin."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - And he said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter; you have made this last kindness greater than the first, in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - And Saul said to the Ken'ites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amal'ekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Ken'ites departed from among the Amal'ekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a sacred covenant with you. But if there is guilt in me, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:14 - If I am still alive, show me the loyal love of the LORD, that I may not die;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:15 - and do not cut off your loyalty from my house for ever. When the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - David sent messengers to the men of Ja'besh-gil'ead, and said to them, "May you be blessed by the LORD, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord, and buried him!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:6 - Now may the LORD show steadfast love and faithfulness to you! And I will do good to you because you have done this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bo'sheth, and said, "Am I a dog's head of Judah? This day I keep showing loyalty to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:15 - but I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 - And David said, "Is there still any one left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - And the king said, "Is there not still some one of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?" Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - And David said to him, "Do not fear; for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat at my table always."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - And David said, "I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me." So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, seeing I go I know not where? Go back, and take your brethren with you; and may the LORD show steadfast love and faithfulness to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17 - And Ab'salom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:51 - Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David, and his descendants for ever."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - But deal loyally with the sons of Barzil'lai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Ab'salom your brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - And Solomon said, "Thou hast shown great and steadfast love to thy servant David my father, because he walked before thee in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward thee; and thou hast kept for him this great and steadfast love, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - and said, "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to thy servants who walk before thee with all their heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:34 - O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - With them were Heman and Jedu'thun, and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:13 - I will be his father, and he shall be my son; I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - And David said, "I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt loyally with me." So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites, to console him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 - And Solomon said to God, "Thou hast shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the LORD), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the LORD, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever," the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:14 - and said, "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to thy servants who walk before thee with all their heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:42

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:42 - O LORD God, do not turn away the face of thy anointed one! Remember thy steadfast love for David thy servant."

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