| Strong's Number: 1656 | encodedOriginalWord |
| Original Word | Word Origin | | | ἔλεος
| | of uncertain affinity | | Transliterated Word | Phonetic Spelling | | | eleos | | el'-eh-os
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| | Parts of Speech | TDNT | | | Noun Neuter | | 2:477,222 | | Definition | | |
- mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them
- of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful
- of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ
- 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 | | KJV | NAS | | | | | |
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