ἨΛΕΗΣΕΝ, ἠλεησεν
ĒLEĒSEN, ēleēsen
Sounds Like: ee-LEH-eh-sen
Translations: had mercy, showed mercy, had pity, showed pity
From the root: ἘΛΕΈΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to have mercy' or 'to show pity'. It describes an act of compassion or clemency towards someone in need or distress. In this form, it indicates that someone 'had mercy' or 'showed pity' in the past.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1653 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 1:1
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 1:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 33:5, 33:11
- 2 Kings — 13:23
- Tobit — 11:17, 11:17
- Psalms — 29:11
- Psalms of Solomon — 11:2
- Job — 24:21
- Sirach — 16:9
- Isaiah — 44:23, 49:13, 52:9
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 3:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΕΈΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΕΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be shown mercy, to be pitied, to be mercifully dealt with
- ἘΛΕΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be shown mercy, will receive mercy, will be pitied
- ἘΛΕΗΘΗΣΟΜΕΘΑ — we will be shown mercy, we will obtain mercy, we will be pitied
- ἘΛΕΗΘΗΤΕ — have mercy, be shown mercy, be pitied, be merciful
- ἘΛΕΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having had mercy, having shown pity, having been merciful
- ἘΛΕΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having had mercy, of showing mercy, of pitying
- ἘΛΕΗΣΕΙ — he will have mercy, he will show mercy, he will pity
- ἘΛΕΗΣΗ — he may have mercy, he will have mercy, he might show pity, he will show pity
- ἘΛΕΗΣΗΣ — you will have mercy, you will show mercy, you will pity
- ἘΛΕΗΣΟΝΤΑ — will have mercy, will show pity, will be merciful
- ἘΛΕΟΥΝΤΑΣ — having mercy, showing mercy, pitying, having pity
- ἘΛΕΩΝΤΟΣ — (of) him who shows mercy, (of) the one having mercy, (of) the merciful one
- ἨΛΕΗΜΕΝΟΙ — having received mercy, shown mercy, pitied, merciful ones
- ἨΛΕΗΜΕΝΟΣ — having received mercy, shown mercy, merciful, one who has received mercy
- ἨΛΕΗΣΑ — I had mercy, I showed pity, I had compassion
- ἨΛΕΗΣΑΣ — you had mercy, you showed pity, you had compassion
- ἨΛΕΟΥΝ — they had mercy, they pitied, they showed pity
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