ἘΛΕΕΙ, ἐλεει
ELEEI, eleei
Sounds Like: EL-eh-ee
Translations: (to) mercy, (to) compassion, (to) pity, (to) a mercy, (to) a compassion, (to) a pity
From the root: ἘΛΕΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to mercy, compassion, or pity. It is often used in a religious context to describe God's benevolent actions towards humanity. As a dative case, it indicates the recipient or indirect object of an action, often translated with 'to' or 'for', or indicating the means by which something is done.
Inflection: Dative, Singular, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1656 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 27:4
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:19, 1:31, 2:57, 10:10, 10:66
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:6
Clement of Rome
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 28:13
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 4:17
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 2:57, 16:3
- 2 Maccabees — 7:29
- Psalms — 12:6, 20:8, 30:8, 30:17, 88:21, 102:4, 113:9, 118:159, 137:2, 140:5, 142:12
- Psalms of Solomon — 5:14, 10:4, 16:3
- Wisdom — 11:9, 15:1
- Sirach — 32:25, 51:29
- Isaiah — 54:8
- Hosea — 2:19
- Enoch — 27:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
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