2001 Translation

ELEOS, eleos

Sounds Like: EH-leh-os

Translations: mercy, a mercy, compassion, pity

From the root: ἘΛΕΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: ἘΛΕΟΣ refers to active compassion, pity, or mercy, often extended by a superior to an inferior, or by God to humanity. It implies a deep feeling of sympathy that leads to practical help or forgiveness. It is frequently used in the context of God's benevolent actions towards His people.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G1656 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 1:8, 5:5, 5:6

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 15:2

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:13

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 18:2, 22:8

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 12:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 6:151
• Book 6 — 7:138
• Book 14 — 16:480

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 19:6, 29:5
• Book Two — 8:18, 18:40
• Book Three — 7:198, 8:57
• Book Four — 6:32

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 8:4, 43:2, 56:20, 118:2, 133:1

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 0:1
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 0:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 3:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 19:19, 24:12, 24:14, 24:44, 24:49, 39:21, 40:14
• Exodus — 20:6, 34:7
• Numbers — 11:15, 14:19
• Deuteronomy — 5:10, 7:9, 7:12, 13:17
• Joshua — 2:12, 2:14, 11:20
• Judges — 1:24, 6:17, 8:35, 21:22
• Ruth — 1:8, 2:20, 3:10
• 1 Samuel — 15:6, 20:8, 20:14, 20:15
• 2 Samuel — 2:5, 2:6, 3:8, 7:15, 9:1, 9:3, 9:7, 10:2, 15:20, 16:17, 22:51
• 1 Kings — 2:7, 3:6, 8:23
• 1 Chronicles — 16:34, 16:41, 17:13, 19:2
• 2 Chronicles — 1:8, 5:13, 6:14, 7:3, 7:6, 20:21, 32:32
• Ezra (Alpha) — 8:75
• Ezra (Beta) — 3:11, 7:28, 9:9
• Nehemiah — 1:5, 9:32, 13:14
• Judith — 7:30, 13:14
• Tobit — 6:18, 7:11, 8:4, 8:16, 8:16, 8:17, 8:17, 14:7
• 1 Maccabees — 4:24, 13:46
• 2 Maccabees — 2:7, 4:37
• 3 Maccabees — 2:19, 6:39
• Psalms — 17:51, 22:6, 24:7, 24:10, 25:3, 30:22, 31:10, 32:18, 32:22, 35:6, 35:8, 35:11, 39:11, 39:12, 41:9, 47:10, 50:3, 51:10, 56:4, 56:11, 58:11, 58:17, 58:18, 60:8, 61:13, 62:4, 65:20, 68:17, 76:9, 84:8, 84:11, 85:13, 87:12, 88:3, 88:15, 88:25, 88:29, 88:34, 91:3, 93:18, 99:5, 100:1, 102:11, 102:17, 105:1, 106:1, 107:5, 108:16, 108:21, 108:26, 116:2, 117:1, 117:2, 117:3, 117:29, 118:41, 118:76, 118:88, 129:7, 135:1, 135:2, 135:3, 135:4, 135:5, 135:6, 135:7, 135:8, 135:9, 135:10, 135:11, 135:12, 135:13, 135:14, 135:15, 135:16, 135:17, 135:18, 135:19, 135:20, 135:21, 135:22, 135:24, 135:25, 135:26, 137:8, 142:8, 143:2, 146:11
• Psalms of Solomon — 2:37, 2:40, 4:29, 5:17, 6:9, 8:33, 9:16, 10:4, 11:9, 13:11, 16:6, 17:17, 17:51, 18:1
• Odes — 5:9, 8:6, 8:14, 9:35, 9:38, 11:50, 13:72, 14:45
• Job — 6:14, 10:12, 37:13
• Wisdom — 3:9, 4:15, 12:22, 16:10
• Sirach — 2:7, 2:18, 5:6, 16:11, 16:12, 18:11, 18:13, 28:4, 29:1, 32:26, 36:28, 46:7, 47:22, 50:22, 50:24
• Isaiah — 45:8, 47:6, 54:10, 56:1, 63:7
• Jeremiah — 9:24, 16:13, 39:18, 40:11, 43:7, 44:20, 49:2, 49:12
• Ezekiel — 18:19, 18:21
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:35, 3:38, 3:89, 3:90, 9:4
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:35, 3:38, 3:42, 3:89, 3:90, 9:3, 9:4, 9:9, 9:18
• Hosea — 4:1, 6:4, 6:6
• Jonah — 2:9
• Zechariah — 7:9
• Enoch — 1:8, 5:5, 5:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 4 — 1:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 2:3
• Vision 3 — 9:1, 9:8

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 9:13, 12:7, 23:23
• Luke — 1:50, 1:58, 1:72, 10:37
• Galatians — 6:16
• 1 Timothy — 1:2
• 2 Timothy — 1:2, 1:16, 1:18
• Titus — 3:5
• Hebrews — 4:16
• James — 2:13
• 1 Peter — 1:3
• 2 John — 1:3
• Jude — 1:2, 1:21

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΕΟΣ.

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.

• ἘΛΕΕΙ — (to) mercy, (to) compassion, (to) pity, (to) a mercy, (to) a compassion, (to) a pity
• ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΣ — pitiful, miserable, wretched
• ἘΛΕΟΥ — of mercy, of compassion, of pity
• ἘΛΕΟΥΣ — of mercy, of pity, of compassion

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