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Strong's #1652 - ἐλεεινός
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- to be pitied, miserable
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ἐλεεινός, ή, όν, ἐλεινός h.Cer. 284, Att. (Eup. 25) and Trag. (v. infr.), but ἐλεεινός Men. Sam. 156 Pap.: written ἐλεηνός in LXX Daniel 9:23, LXX Daniel 10:11 : (ἔλεος): —
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1. finding pity, pitied, δός μ' ἐς Ἀχιλλῆος φίλον ἐλθεῖν ἠδ' ἐλεεινόν Il. 24.309; moving pity, piteous, 23.110, etc.; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν piteous to behold, A. Pr. 248; ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς thou lookest piteous, S. Ph. 1130 (lyr.); ἐσθῆτ' ἐλεινήν Ar. Ach. 413; ἵν' ἐλεινοὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις φαίνοιντ' εἶναι Id. Ra. 1063; ἐλεινοὶ οἱ ἀδικοῦντες Lys. 24.7; ποιῶν ἑαυτὸν ὡς ἐλεινότατον D. 21.186; -ότερος ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ θεοῖς Pl. Lg. 729e. having received mercy, LXX ll.cc.
2. showing pity, ἐ. δάκρυον a tear of pity, Od. 8.531, 16.219, Men.l.c.; οὐδὲν ἐλεινόν no feeling of pity, Pl. Phd. 59a, cf. R. 606b.
II Adv. ἐλεεινῶς, Att. ἐλεινῶς, pitiably, S. Ph. 870, Ar. Th. 1063; ἐλεινῶς διακεῖσθαι D. 19.81: neut. pl. ἐλεεινά as Adv., Il. 2.314.
ἐληινος, ἐληινη, ἐληινον (ἔλεος), from Homer down, to be pitied, miserable: Revelation 3:17 (where WH have adopted the Attic form ἐλεινός, see their Appendix, p. 145); comparative, 1 Corinthians 15:19. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 99 (94).)
STRONGS NT 1652: ἐλεινός [ἐλεινός, see ἐληινος.]
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ἐλεεινός , -ή , -όν
(< ἔλεος ; in Re, l.c., WH have the Attic poëtic form, ἐλεινός ),
pitiable, miserable: Revelation 3:17; comparat., 1 Corinthians 15:19.†
ἐλεινός , see ἐλεεινός .
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See the late P Oxy I. 130.3 (vi/A.D.) π (αρὰ) Ἀνοὺπ ἐλεεινοῦ ὑμετέρου δούλου : cf. .7 and ib. 131.2 (vi/vii A.D.). The form ἐλεινός read by WH in Revelation 3:17 (see Notes.2, p. 152) is explained by Blass Debrunner (p. 20) as ἐλεϊνός = ἐλεεινός.
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