ἐλεήμων
eleḗmōn · G1655 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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merciful
(Derivative of ἐλεάω ‘to show mercy,’) Pertaining to showing mercy
ExamplesMatthew 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
Hebrews 2:17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brothers so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
How it’s used In 1 role
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the word studied the word it goes with
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μακάριοςblessed, happy 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- οἰκτίρμων oiktírmōn · G3629 · merciful, compassionate
- Both οἰκτίρμων (“compassionate”) and the target term denote a compassionate or merciful character, differing in nuance between actively expressing mercy and having a compassionate disposition.
In the other Testament 2 words
- חַנּוּן channûwn · H2587 · generous, merciful
- Hebrew חַנּוּן (gracious) and Greek ἐλεήμων (compassionate, actively) both denote divine or human disposition toward mercy, frequently co-occurring in LXX renderings of covenant formulae describing God's character (e.g. Exodus 34:6); ἐλεήμων emphasizes active compassion/mercy in response to need, while חַנּוּן foregrounds gracious favor freely extended, though the semantic overlap is substantial enough that LXX translators treat them as functional equivalents in most contexts.
- חֵסֵד chêçêd · H2617 · loyalty, faithfulness, devotion
- חֵסֵד (chêçêd, H2617) denotes covenantal loyalty, steadfast love, and merciful kindness as a sustained relational attribute, while ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, G1655) emphasizes the active, compassionate disposition toward those in need; the Hebrew noun encompasses the theological virtue that produces the Greek adjectival quality.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Merciful88.77
- Used in Matthew 5:7, where Jesus pronounces a blessing on the merciful, and in Hebrews 2:17, where Jesus is described as a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐλεημον, merciful: Mt 5:7; Heb 2:17. (From Homer, Odyssey 5, 191 on; the Sept..)
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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