ΕΛΕΗΜΩΝ, ελεημων
ELEĒMŌN, eleēmōn
Sounds Like: eh-leh-AY-mohn
Translations: merciful, compassionate, a merciful one
From the root: ΕΛΕΗΜΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is full of mercy, compassion, or pity. It is used to characterize a person who shows kindness and forgiveness, especially towards those in need or distress. It can be applied to both God and humans.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1655 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Tobit — 3:11
- Psalms — 102:8, 110:4, 111:4, 144:8
- Proverbs — 11:17, 19:11, 28:22
- Wisdom — 15:1
- Sirach — 2:11
- Joel — 2:13
- Jonah — 4:2
- Hebrews — 2:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΕΗΜΩΝ.
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.
- ἘΛΕΗΜΕΝΗ — merciful, compassionate, pitying, a merciful one
- ἘΛΕΗΜΟΝΑΣ — merciful, compassionate, charitable, a merciful person
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΝΑ — merciful, compassionate, charitable, a merciful one
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΝΕΣ — merciful, compassionate, pitiful
- ΕΛΕΗΜΟΝΟΣ — of mercy, of compassion, of pity, merciful, compassionate, pitiful
- ΕΛΕΗΜΩ — merciful, compassionate, pitiful
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