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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  1656 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 ἔλεος  of uncertain affinity
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 eleos el'-eh-os
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Noun Neuter 2:477,222
 Definition
 
  1. mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them
    1. of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful
    2. of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ
    3. the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life
 Translated Words
 KJV (28) - mercy, 28;

NAS (27) - compassion, 2; mercy, 25;

 Verse Count
KJVNAS
 
Matthew3
Luke6
Romans3
Galatians1
Ephesians1
1 Timothy1
2 Timothy3
Titus2
Hebrews1
James2
1 Peter1
2 John1
Jude2
 
Matthew3
Luke6
Romans3
Galatians1
Ephesians1
1 Timothy1
2 Timothy3
Titus1
Hebrews1
James2
1 Peter1
2 John1
Jude2
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Abbreviations Legend:
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

Copyright Statement
The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Eleos". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
<http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1656>.  

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