ἘΛΕΗΜΟΝΕΣ, ἐλεημονες
ELEĒMONES, eleēmones
Sounds Like: eh-leh-AY-moh-nes
Translations: merciful, compassionate, a merciful one
From the root: ἘΛΕΗΜΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is full of mercy, compassion, or pity towards others. It is often used to characterize God or those who emulate His character by showing kindness and forgiveness. It can be used to describe a quality of a person or group, as in 'the merciful ones'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1655 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 6:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 5:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΕΗΜΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΛΕΗΜΟΝ — merciful, compassionate, pitiful
- ἘΛΕΗΜΟΝΑ — merciful, compassionate, a merciful one
- ἘΛΕΗΜΟΝΟΣ — of merciful, of compassionate, of pitiful
- ἘΛΕΗΜΩΝ — merciful, compassionate, pitiful
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