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Lexicon :: Strong's G3628 - oiktirmos

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οἰκτιρμός
Transliteration
oiktirmos (Key)
Pronunciation
oyk-tir-mos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:159,680

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκτιρμός oiktirmós, oyk-tir-mos'; from G3627; pity:—mercy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3628 in the following manner: mercy (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3628 in the following manner: mercy (5x).

  1. compassion, pity, mercy

    1. bowels in which compassion resides, a heart of compassion

    2. emotions, longings, manifestations of pity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκτιρμός oiktirmós, oyk-tir-mos'; from G3627; pity:—mercy.
STRONGS G3628:
οἰκτιρμός, οἰκτιρμοῦ, ὁ (οἰκτείρω), the Sept. for רַחֲמִים) (the viscera, which were thought to be the seat of compassion (see σπλάγχνον, b.)), compassion, pity, mercy: σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ (Rec. οἰκτίρμων), bowels in which compassion resides, a heart of compassion, Colossians 3:12; in the Scriptures mostly plural (conformably to the Hebrew רַחֲמִים), emotions, longings, manifestations of pity (English compassions) (cf. Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, iii., pp. 5ff; (Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 77 (61))), τοῦ Θεοῦ, Romans 12:1; Hebrews 10:28; ὁ πατήρ τῶν οἰκτίρμων (genitive of quality (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 10; Winer's Grammar, 237 (222))), the father of mercies i. e. most merciful, 2 Corinthians 1:3; joined with σπλάγχνα, Philippians 2:1. (Pindar, Pythagoras 1, 164.) (Synonym: see ἐληω, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
12:1
2 Corinthians
1:3
Philippians
2:1
Colossians
3:12
Hebrews
10:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3628 matches the Greek οἰκτιρμός (oiktirmos),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

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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 1:11 - Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.” I was cupbearer to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 - “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - “But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them time after time.

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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 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:6 - Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 - Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 - Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 - who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46 - He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77 - Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.

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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 BoxPsa 145:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:9 - The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15 - Look down from heaven and see, from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27 - Therefore, Your Majesty, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:9 - The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:19 - I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in[fn] righteousness and justice, in[fn] love and compassion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16 - “Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the LORD Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9 - “This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[fn] of grace and supplication. They will look on[fn] me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
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