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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1655 - ἐλεήμων

Transliteration

eleḗmōn

Phonetics

el-eh-ay'-mone

Origin

from (G1653)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TDNT

2:485,222

Definition

Thayer's

merciful

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2587 ‑ חַנּוּן (khan‑noon'); 2617 ‑ חֶסֶד (kheh'‑sed); 7349 ‑ רַחוּם (rakh‑oom'); 7922 ‑ שֵׂכֶל (seh'‑kel, say'‑kel);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (2)

Matthew

Hebrews

NAS (2)

Matthew

Hebrews

HCS (2)

Matthew

Hebrews

BSB (2)

Matthew

Hebrews

ESV (2)

Matthew

Hebrews

WEB (2)

Matthew

Hebrews

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐλε-ήμων, ον,

gen. ονος, pitiful, merciful, Od. 5.191, D. 21.101, LXX Psalms 111:4(112).4, Matthew 5:7; of God, LXX Exodus 34:6, al.: c.gen., Ar. Pax 425: — Comp. and Sup., ἐλεημονέστερος, -τατος, Arist. HA 608b8, Lys. 24.7. Adv. -μόνως, condemned by Poll. 8.11.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐλεήμων , -ον ,

[in LXX chiefly for H2587;]

merciful: Matthew 5:7, Hebrews 2:17.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Leid Wvii. 27 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐλεήμων ἐν ὥραις βιαίος (l.—αις). In the NT the adj. is confined to Matthew 5:7, Hebrews 2:17 : in the LXX it is frequent of God, but of men only in Psa. 111꞉4 [MT Psalms 119:4] and ter in Prov.

List of Word Forms

ελεημονες ελεήμονες ἐλεήμονες ελεημων ελεήμων ἐλεήμων eleemon eleēmōn eleḗmon eleḗmōn eleemones eleēmones eleḗmones

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