ἘΛΕΗΜΟΝΟΣ, ἐλεημονος
ELEĒMONOS, eleēmonos
Sounds Like: eh-leh-AY-moh-nos
Translations: of merciful, of compassionate, of pitiful
From the root: ἘΛΕΗΜΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is merciful, compassionate, or full of pity. It is used to characterize a person or entity that shows kindness and forgiveness, especially towards those in need or distress. It is often used in a religious context to describe God's character.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1655 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 50:19
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
- ἘΛΕΗΜΟΝΕΣ — merciful, compassionate, a merciful one
- ἘΛΕΗΜΩΝ — merciful, compassionate, pitiful
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