ἀνελεήμων
aneleḗmōn · G415 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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merciless, unmerciful
Pertaining to the lack of mercy or the refusal to be merciful
ExamplesRomans 1:31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unfeeling, and unmerciful;
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀνίλεως aníleōs · G448 · merciless, unmerciful
- ἀνελεήμων and ἀνίλεως both denote the absence of mercy or compassion — 'merciless' or 'inexorable.' The two are near-synonymous terms for the same quality of unyielding severity.
In the other Testament 1 word
- אַכְזָרִי ʼakzârîy · H394 · cruel, fierce
- Hebrew אַכְזָרִי emphasizes active cruelty or harshness in disposition, while Greek ἀνελεήμων specifically denotes the absence or withholding of mercy; both describe uncompassionate character but from complementary semantic angles (cruel action vs. merciless withholding).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Merciless, unmerciful88.82
- In Romans 1:31, Paul lists among the depraved “without understanding, untrustworthy, unfeeling, and unmerciful (aneleḗmonas),” describing those without compassion for others.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀνελεημον, genitive ἀνελεήμονος (alpha privative and ἐλεήμων), without mercy, merciless:…
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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