ΟΙΚΤΙΡ, οικτιρ
OIKTIR, oiktir
Sounds Like: oyk-TIR
Translations: compassion, pity, mercy, mercies, a compassion, a pity, a mercy
From the root: ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a feeling of deep sympathy for the suffering of others, often accompanied by a desire to alleviate that suffering. It is frequently used in a religious context to describe God's merciful nature towards humanity. The form 'ΟΙΚΤΙΡ' itself is not a standard inflected form but appears to be a truncated or root form, likely part of a compound or a base for derivation, or potentially a scribal abbreviation. The full word 'ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΣ' (oiktirmos) is a noun meaning 'compassion' or 'mercy'.
Inflection: This specific form 'ΟΙΚΤΙΡ' is not a standard inflected form of a word. It appears to be a root or a base. The example usage 'ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΥϹ' is a Masculine, Plural, Accusative form of the noun 'ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΣ'.
Strong’s number: G3628 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΣ.
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.
- ΟἸΚΤΕΙΡΜΟΙ — compassion, mercies, pity, tender mercies
- ΟἸΚΤΕΙΡΜΟΙΣ — to mercies, with mercies, in mercies, to compassions, with compassions, in compassions, to pity, with pity, in pity
- ΟἸΚΤΕΙΡΜΟΝ — compassion, mercy, pity, a compassionate one, merciful, pitiful
- ΟἸΚΤΕΙΡΜΟΥΣ — compassions, mercies, pities
- ΟἸΚΤΙΡΜΟΙ — mercies, compassions, pity, a mercy, a compassion
- ΟἸΚΤΙΡΜΟΙΣ — to mercies, with mercies, by mercies, to compassions, with compassions, by compassions, to pity, with pity, by pity
- ΟἸΚΤΙΡΜΟΣ — compassion, pity, mercy, a compassion, a pity, a mercy
- ΟἸΚΤΙΡΜΟΥ — of compassion, of mercy, of pity, of tender mercy
- ΟἸΚΤΙΡΜΟΥΣ — mercies, compassions, pity
- ΟἸΚΤΙΡΜΩ — compassion, pity, mercy, a compassion, a pity, a mercy
- ΟΙΚΤΕΙΡΜΟΙ — compassions, mercies, tender mercies, pity
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΗΣΗ — compassion, pity, mercy, a compassion, a pity, a mercy
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΙ — compassions, mercies, tender mercies, pity
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΙΣ — to compassion, to mercy, to pity, to tender mercies
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΣ — compassion, pity, mercy, a compassion, a pity, a mercy
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΥ — of compassion, of mercy, of pity
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΟΥΣ — compassions, mercies, tender mercies
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΜΩ — of compassion, of mercy, of pity
- ΟΙΚΤΡΙΜΟΥ — (of) compassion, (of) pity, (of) mercy
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