1653. eleeó

Strong's Lexicon

eleeó: To have mercy, to show compassion, to be merciful.

Original Word: ἐλεέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: eleeó
Pronunciation: el-eh-eh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (el-eh-eh'-o)
Definition: To have mercy, to show compassion, to be merciful.
Meaning: I pity, have mercy on.

Word Origin: Derived from ἔλεος (eleos), meaning "mercy" or "compassion."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - חָנַן (chanan) - Strong's Hebrew 2603: To be gracious, show favor.

- רָחַם (racham) - Strong's Hebrew 7355: To have compassion, to love deeply.

Usage: The verb "eleeó" is used in the New Testament to express the act of showing mercy or compassion towards someone. It often implies a deep sense of empathy and a desire to alleviate the suffering or need of another. This term is frequently used in the context of divine mercy, where God or Jesus extends compassion to humanity.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, mercy was not always considered a virtue, as strength and power were often more highly valued. However, in Jewish and Christian thought, mercy is a central attribute of God and a key ethical principle. The concept of mercy in the Bible is deeply rooted in the covenant relationship between God and His people, where God’s mercy is seen as an expression of His steadfast love and faithfulness.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 1653 eleéō – to show mercy as God defines it, i.e. as it accords with His truth (covenant) which expresses "God's covenant-loyalty-mercy" (i.e. acting only on His terms). See 1656 (eleos).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from eleos
Definition
to have pity or mercy on, to show mercy
NASB Translation
found mercy (1), had mercy (4), has mercy (2), have mercy (15), mercy (1), receive mercy (1), received mercy (3), show mercy (1), shown mercy (3), shows mercy (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1653: ἐλεάω

ἐλεάω, adopted for the more common ἐληω (which see) by L T Tr WH in Romans 9:16 and Jude 1:23 (also by WH Tr marginal reading in 22); (Proverbs 21:26 Vat.; 4 Macc. 9:3 variant; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 13, 2 [ET]; Polycarp, ad Philip. 2, 2 [ET]). Cf. Winers Grammar, 85 (82); Buttmann, 57 (50); (Mullach, p. 252; WHs Appendix, p. 166; Tdf. Proleg., p. 122).

STRONGS NT 1653: ἐληωἐληω, ἐλεῶ; future ἐλεήσω; 1 aorist ἠλέησα; passive, 1 aorist ἠλεήθην; 1 future ἐλεηθήσομαι; perfect participle ἠλεημένος; (ἔλεος); from Homer down; the Sept. most frequently for חָנַן to be gracious, also for רִחַם to have mercy; several times for חָמַל to spare, and נִחַם to console; to have mercy on: τινα (Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 b. α.), to succor one afflicted or seeking aid, Matthew 9:27; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 17:15; Matthew 18:33; Matthew 20:30; Mark 5:19 (here, by zeugma (Winer's Grammar, § 66, 2 e.), the ὅσα is brought over with an adverbial force (Winers Grammar, 463 (431f), how); f; Luke 16:24; Luke 17:13; Luke 18:38; Philippians 2:27; Jude 1:22 Rec.; absolutely to succor the afflicted, to bring help to the wretched (A. V. to show mercy), Romans 12:8; passive to experience (A. V. obtain) mercy, Matthew 5:7. Specifically, of God granting even to the unworthy favor, benefits, opportunities, and particularly salvation by Christ: Romans 9:15, 16 R G (see ἐλεάω), Romans 9:18; Romans 11:32; passive, Romans 11:30; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Timothy 1:13, 16; 1 Peter 2:10. [SYNONYMS: ἐληω, οἰκτείρω: ἐληω, to feel sympathy with the misery of another, especially such sympathy as manifests itself in act, less frequent in word; whereas οἰκτείρω denotes the inward feeling of compassion which abides in the heart. A criminal begs ἔλεος of his judge; but hopeless suffering is often the object of οἰκτιρμός. Schmidt, chapter 143. On the other hand, Fritzsche (Commentary on Romans, vol. ii., p. 315) makes οἰκτείρω and its derivatives the stronger terms: ἐληω, the generic word for the feeling excited by another's misery; οἰκτείρω the same, especially when it calls (or is suited to call) out exclamations and tears.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

have compassion, show mercy.

From eleos; to compassionate (by word or deed, specially, by divine grace) -- have compassion (pity on), have (obtain, receive, shew) mercy (on).

see GREEK eleos

Forms and Transliterations

ελεατε ἐλεᾶτε ελεει ελεεί ἐλεεῖ ελεείτε ελεηθεντες ελεηθέντες ἐλεηθέντες ελεηθήναι ελεηθήσεται ελεηθησονται ελεηθήσονται ἐλεηθήσονται ελεηθώσι ελεηθωσιν ἐλεηθῶσιν ελεησαι ελεήσαι ἐλεῆσαι ελεήσατε ελεήσατέ ελεήσει ελεήσεις ελεηση ελεήση ἐλεήσῃ ελεήσης Ελεησον ελέησον ελέησόν Ἐλέησον Ἐλέησόν Ελεησω ελεήσω Ἐλεήσω ελεήσωσιν ελεούντι ελεούντος ελεω ελεώ ἐλεῶ ελεων ελεών ἐλεῶν ελεωντος ἐλεῶντος ηλεηθημεν ηλεήθημεν ἠλεήθημεν ηλεηθην ηλεήθην ἠλεήθην ηλεηθητε ηλεήθητε ἠλεήθητε ηλεημένη ηλεημένην ηλεημενοι ηλεημένοι ἠλεημένοι ηλεημενος ηλεημένος ἠλεημένος ηλεησα ἠλέησα ηλέησαν ηλεήσας ηλέησε ηλέησέ ηλεησεν ηλέησεν ἠλέησεν ἠλέησέν eleate eleâte eleei eleeî eleemenoi eleeménoi ēleēmenoi ēleēménoi eleemenos eleeménos ēleēmenos ēleēménos eleesa eléesa ēleēsa ēléēsa eleesai eleêsai eleēsai eleē̂sai eleese eleēsē eleḗsei eleḗsēi eleesen eléesen eléesén ēleēsen ēléēsen ēléēsén Eleeso Eleēsō Eleḗso Eleḗsō Eleeson Eleēson Eléeson Eléesón Eléēson Eléēsón eleethemen eleḗthemen ēleēthēmen ēleḗthēmen eleethen eleḗthen ēleēthēn ēleḗthēn eleethentes eleethéntes eleēthentes eleēthéntes eleethesontai eleethḗsontai eleēthēsontai eleēthḗsontai eleethete eleḗthete ēleēthēte ēleḗthēte eleethosin eleethôsin eleēthōsin eleēthō̂sin eleo eleô eleō eleō̂ eleon eleôn eleōn eleō̂n eleontos eleôntos eleōntos eleō̂ntos

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 5:7 V-FIP-3P
GRK: ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐλεηθήσονται
NAS: are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
KJV: for they shall obtain mercy.
INT: for they will receive mercy

Matthew 9:27 V-AMA-2S
GRK: καὶ λέγοντες Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς υἱὸς
NAS: Him, crying out, Have mercy on us, Son
KJV: [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.
INT: and saying Have mercy on us Son

Matthew 15:22 V-AMA-2S
GRK: ἔκραζεν λέγουσα Ἐλέησόν με κύριε
NAS: out, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord,
KJV: saying, Have mercy on me,
INT: cried saying Have mercy on me master

Matthew 17:15 V-AMA-2S
GRK: λέγων Κύριε ἐλέησόν μου τὸν
NAS: Lord, have mercy on my son,
KJV: Lord, have mercy on my son:
INT: saying master Have mercy on my

Matthew 18:33 V-ANA
GRK: καὶ σὲ ἐλεῆσαι τὸν σύνδουλόν
NAS: you not also have had mercy
KJV: also have had compassion on thy
INT: also you to have pitied the fellow servant

Matthew 18:33 V-AIA-1S
GRK: κἀγὼ σὲ ἠλέησα
NAS: have had mercy on your fellow slave,
KJV: as I had pity on thee?
INT: also I you had pitied

Matthew 20:30 V-AMA-2S
GRK: λέγοντες Κύριε ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς υἱὸς
NAS: out, Lord, have mercy on us, Son
KJV: saying, Have mercy on us,
INT: saying Lord Have mercy on us Son

Matthew 20:31 V-AMA-2S
GRK: λέγοντες Κύριε ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς υἱὸς
NAS: Son of David, have mercy on us!
KJV: saying, Have mercy on us,
INT: saying Lord Have mercy on us Son

Mark 5:19 V-AIA-3S
GRK: πεποίηκεν καὶ ἠλέησέν σε
NAS: has done for you, and [how] He had mercy on you.
KJV: and hath had compassion on thee.
INT: did and had mercy on you

Mark 10:47 V-AMA-2S
GRK: Δαυὶδ Ἰησοῦ ἐλέησόν με
NAS: Son of David, have mercy on me!
KJV: [thou] Son of David, have mercy on me.
INT: of David Jesus have mercy on me

Mark 10:48 V-AMA-2S
GRK: Υἱὲ Δαυίδ ἐλέησόν με
NAS: Son of David, have mercy on me!
KJV: [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on me.
INT: Son of David have mercy on me

Luke 16:24 V-AMA-2S
GRK: Πάτερ Ἀβραάμ ἐλέησόν με καὶ
NAS: Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
KJV: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
INT: Father Abraham have compassion on me and

Luke 17:13 V-AMA-2S
GRK: Ἰησοῦ ἐπιστάτα ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς
NAS: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!
KJV: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
INT: Jesus Master have compassion on us

Luke 18:38 V-AMA-2S
GRK: υἱὲ Δαυίδ ἐλέησόν με
NAS: Son of David, have mercy on me!
KJV: [thou] Son of David, have mercy on me.
INT: Son of David have mercy on me

Luke 18:39 V-AMA-2S
GRK: Υἱὲ Δαυίδ ἐλέησόν με
NAS: Son of David, have mercy on me!
KJV: [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on me.
INT: Son of David have mercy on me

Romans 9:15 V-FIA-1S
GRK: γὰρ λέγει Ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν
NAS: to Moses, I WILL HAVE MERCY
KJV: to Moses, I will have mercy on whom
INT: indeed he says I will show mercy to whom anyhow

Romans 9:15 V-PSA-1S
GRK: ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ καὶ οἰκτιρήσω
NAS: I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM
KJV: whom I will have mercy, and
INT: whom anyhow I show mercy and I will feel compassion on

Romans 9:16 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐλεῶντος θεοῦ
NAS: but on God who has mercy.
KJV: but of God that sheweth mercy.
INT: but on whom shows mercy God

Romans 9:18 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ὃν θέλει ἐλεεῖ ὃν δὲ
NAS: So then He has mercy on whom
KJV: Therefore hath he mercy on whom
INT: to whom he wants he shows mercy whom however

Romans 11:30 V-AIP-2P
GRK: νῦν δὲ ἠλεήθητε τῇ τούτων
NAS: but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,
KJV: now obtained mercy through
INT: now however have been shown mercy the of these

Romans 11:31 V-ASP-3P
GRK: αὐτοὶ νῦν ἐλεηθῶσιν
NAS: may now be shown mercy.
KJV: they also may obtain mercy.
INT: they now might have mercy shown [them]

Romans 11:32 V-ASA-3S
GRK: τοὺς πάντας ἐλεήσῃ
NAS: so that He may show mercy to all.
KJV: that he might have mercy upon all.
INT: all he might show mercy to

Romans 12:8 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: σπουδῇ ὁ ἐλεῶν ἐν ἱλαρότητι
NAS: with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
KJV: diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with
INT: earnestness he that shows mercy with cheerfulness

1 Corinthians 7:25 V-RPM/P-NMS
GRK: δίδωμι ὡς ἠλεημένος ὑπὸ κυρίου
NAS: an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord
KJV: as one that hath obtained mercy of
INT: I give as having received mercy from [the] Lord

2 Corinthians 4:1 V-AIP-1P
GRK: ταύτην καθὼς ἠλεήθημεν οὐκ ἐγκακοῦμεν
NAS: ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,
KJV: as we have received mercy, we faint
INT: this as we received mercy not we faint

Strong's Greek 1653
32 Occurrences

ἠλεημένοι — 1 Occ.
ἠλεημένος — 1 Occ.
ἠλέησα — 1 Occ.
ἠλέησέν — 2 Occ.
ἠλεήθημεν — 1 Occ.
ἠλεήθην — 2 Occ.
ἠλεήθητε — 1 Occ.
ἐλεᾶτε — 2 Occ.
ἐλεῆσαι — 1 Occ.
ἐλεήσῃ — 1 Occ.
Ἐλεήσω — 1 Occ.
Ἐλέησον — 11 Occ.
ἐλεηθήσονται — 1 Occ.
ἐλεηθέντες — 1 Occ.
ἐλεηθῶσιν — 1 Occ.
ἐλεεῖ — 1 Occ.
ἐλεῶ — 1 Occ.
ἐλεῶν — 1 Occ.
ἐλεῶντος — 1 Occ.