ἘΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΗ, ἐλεημοσυνη
ELEĒMOSYNĒ, eleēmosynē
Sounds Like: eh-leh-ay-mo-SOO-nay
Translations: mercy, compassion, pity, alms, a charitable deed
From the root: ΕΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of showing compassion or pity, often leading to acts of charity or giving alms. It can describe both the feeling of mercy and the practical expression of it through charitable deeds. It is frequently used in a religious context to describe God's mercy or the charitable acts of believers.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1654 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 16:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 6:25, 24:13
- Tobit — 3:2, 4:10, 4:11, 12:8, 12:9, 12:9, 14:11, 14:11
- Psalms of Solomon — 9:20, 15:15
- Proverbs — 19:19, 20:22, 29:45
- Sirach — 3:14, 3:30, 16:14, 17:22, 17:29, 40:17, 40:24
- Isaiah — 28:17, 59:16
- Baruch — 4:22, 5:9
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:16
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 6:4
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 1:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΗ.
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.
- ἘΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΩΝ — of alms, of mercy, of pity, of compassion, of charitable deeds
- ΕΛΑΙΗΜΟΣΥΝΑΙ — alms, charitable deeds, acts of mercy, a charitable gift
- ΕΛΑΙΗΜΟΣΥΝΑΙΣ — (to) alms, (to) charity, (to) mercy, (to) pity
- ΕΛΑΙΗΜΟΣΥΝΗΝ — alms, charity, mercy, a charitable deed
- ΕΛΑΙΗΜΟΣΥΝΗΣ — (of) alms, (of) mercy, (of) pity, (of) compassion
- ΕΛΑΙΗΜΟΣΥΝΩΝ — of alms, of mercy, of charity, of compassion
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΑΙ — alms, charitable deeds, acts of mercy, acts of compassion
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΑΣ — alms, acts of charity, merciful deeds
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΗ — alms, charity, mercy, pity, a charitable deed
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΗΝ — alms, a charitable deed, charity, mercy, pity
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝΗΣ — (of) alms, (of) mercy, (of) compassion, (of) pity
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΣΥΝ‾Η‾ — alms, charity, mercy, pity, an alms, a charity
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