ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΙΡΑΣ, κατοικτιρας
KATOIKTIRAS, katoiktiras
Sounds Like: kah-toyk-TEE-ras
Translations: having compassion, having pity, showing mercy, pitying
From the root: ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of feeling or showing deep compassion or pity towards someone. It implies a strong emotional response to another's suffering, leading to an act of mercy or kindness. It is often used to describe God's compassion towards humanity.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong’s number: G2697 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 12:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΙΡΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΙΡΩΜΕΝ — let us have compassion, let us pity, let us feel pity for
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