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ἔλεος

Transliteration eleos		Pronunciation e'-le-os (Key)
Part of Speech neuter noun		Root Word (Etymology) Of uncertain affinity
TDNT Reference 2:477,222	Vines View Entry

1) mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them

a) of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful

b) of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ

c) the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life

[Links to Trench's Synonyms: 1, 2.]

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Strong's Number G1656 matches the Greek ἔλεος (eleos), which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in Mat of the Greek concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (Mat 9:13 - Mat 23:23)
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Mat 9:13	But ¹¹⁶¹ go ye ⁴¹⁹⁸ and learn ³¹²⁹ what ⁵¹⁰¹ [that] meaneth ²⁰⁷⁶ , I will ²³⁰⁹ have mercy¹⁶⁵⁶, and ²⁵³² not ³⁷⁵⁶ sacrifice ²³⁷⁸: for ¹⁰⁶³ I am ²⁰⁶⁴ ⁰ not ³⁷⁵⁶ come ²⁰⁶⁴ to call ²⁵⁶⁴ the righteous ¹³⁴², but ²³⁵ sinners ²⁶⁸ to ¹⁵¹⁹ repentance ³³⁴¹.
Mat 12:7	But ¹¹⁶¹ if ¹⁴⁸⁷ ye had known ¹⁰⁹⁷ what ⁵¹⁰¹ [this] meaneth ²⁰⁷⁶ , I will have ²³⁰⁹ mercy¹⁶⁵⁶, and ²⁵³² not ³⁷⁵⁶ sacrifice ²³⁷⁸, ye would ³⁰² not ³⁷⁵⁶ have condemned ²⁶¹³ the guiltless ³³⁸.
Mat 23:23	Woe ³⁷⁵⁹ unto you ⁵²¹³, scribes ¹¹²² and ²⁵³² Pharisees ⁵³³⁰, hypocrites ⁵²⁷³! for ³⁷⁵⁴ ye pay tithe ⁵⁸⁶ of mint ²²³⁸ and ²⁵³² anise ⁴³² and ²⁵³² cummin ²⁹⁵¹, and ²⁵³² have omitted ⁸⁶³ the weightier ⁹²⁶ [matters] of the law ³⁵⁵¹, judgment ²⁹²⁰, ²⁵³² mercy¹⁶⁵⁶, and ²⁵³² faith ⁴¹⁰²: these ⁵⁰²³ ought ye ¹¹⁶³ to have done ⁴¹⁶⁰ , and not ³³⁶¹ to leave ⁸⁶³ ⁰ the other ²⁵⁴⁸ undone ⁸⁶³ .

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