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Lexicon :: Strong's G1653 - eleeō

Aa
ἐλεέω
Transliteration
eleeō (Key)
Pronunciation
el-eh-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
32x in 21 unique form(s) TR
31x in 23 unique form(s) LXX
90x in 22 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:477,222

Variant Spellings

In Jude 22-23 and Rom 9:16 its lexical form would be ἐλεάω.

Strong’s Definitions

†ἐλεέω eleéō, el-eh-eh'-o; from G1656; to compassionate (by word or deed, specially, by divine grace):—have compassion (pity on), have (obtain, receive, shew) mercy (on).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's G1653 in the following manner: have mercy on (14x), obtain mercy (8x), show mercy (2x), have compassion (1x), have compassion on (1x), have pity on (1x), have mercy (1x), have mercy upon (1x), receive mercy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's G1653 in the following manner: have mercy on (14x), obtain mercy (8x), show mercy (2x), have compassion (1x), have compassion on (1x), have pity on (1x), have mercy (1x), have mercy upon (1x), receive mercy (1x).

  1. to have mercy on

  2. to help one afflicted or seeking aid

  3. to help the afflicted, to bring help to the wretched

  4. to experience mercy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἐλεέω eleéō, el-eh-eh'-o; from G1656; to compassionate (by word or deed, specially, by divine grace):—have compassion (pity on), have (obtain, receive, shew) mercy (on).
STRONGS G1653:
ἐλεέω, ῶ; future ἐλεήσω; 1 aorist ἠλέησα; passive, 1 aorist ἠλεήθην; 1 future ἐλεηθήσομαι; perfect participle ἠλεημένος; (ἔλεος); from Homer down; 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: τινά [Winer's Grammer 32, 1 b. α], to succor one afflicted or seeking aid, Matthew 9:27; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 17:15; Matthew 18:33; Matthew 20:30f; Mark 5:19 [here, by zeugma (Winer's Grammar § 66, 2 e.), the ὅσα is brought over with an adverbial force (Winer's Grammar 463 (431f.)), how]; Mark 10:47f; Luke 16:24; Luke 17:13; Luke 18:38f; 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 11:30f; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Timothy 1:13, 16; 1 Peter 2:10.
[Synonyms: ἐλεέω, οἰκτείρω: ἐλ. to feel sympathy with the misery of another, especially such sympathy as manifests itself in act, less frequently in word; whereas οἰκτ. 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 ch. 143. On the other hand, Fritzsche (Commentary on Romans volume 2 p. 315) makes οἰκτ. and its derivatives the stronger terms: ἐλ. the generic word for the feeling excited by another's misery; οἰκτ. the same, especially when it calls (or is suited to call) out exclamations and tears.]

Related entry:
ἐλεάω, adopted for the more common ἐλεέω (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 manuscript Vat.; 4 Macc. 9:3 variant; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 13, 2; Polycarp, ad Philip. 2, 2). Cf. Winers Grammar, 85 (82); Buttmann, 57 (50); [Mullach, p. 252; WHs Appendix, p. 166; Tdf. Proleg., p. 122].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
21:26
Matthew
5:7; 9:27; 15:22; 17:15; 18:33; 20:30
Mark
5:19; 10:47
Luke
16:24; 17:13; 18:38
Romans
9:15, 16; 9:16; 9:18; 11:32; 12:8
1 Corinthians
7:25
2 Corinthians
4:1
Philippians
2:27
1 Timothy
1:13; 1:16
1 Peter
2:10
Jude
1:22; 1:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1653 matches the Greek ἐλεέω (eleeō),
which occurs 90 times in 84 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 33:5–Isa 33:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5 - And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11 - Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:19 - And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:25 - Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:2 - and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:3 - that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:22 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:21 -
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends;
For the hand of God hath touched me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:21 -
He devoureth the barren that beareth not,
And doeth not good to the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:15 -
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death,
And his widows shall make no lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:12 -
I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:2 -
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away:
O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:13 -
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah;
Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me,
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 -
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;
For I am desolate and afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:11 -
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:
Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:7 -
Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice:
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:10 -
Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me:
Jehovah, be thou my helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 -
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress:
Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:4 -
I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me:
Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:10 -
But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up,
That I may requite them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.
Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:
All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 -
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me;
For my soul taketh refuge in thee:
Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge,
Until these calamities be overpast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:3 -
Be merciful unto me, O Lord;
For unto thee do I cry all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 -
Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;
Give thy strength unto thy servant,
And save the son of thy handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:29 -
Remove from me the way of falsehood;
And grant me thy law graciously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:58 -
I entreated thy favor with my whole heart:
Be merciful unto me according to thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 -
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,
As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 -
Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us;
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 -
He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth;
But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 -
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker;
And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:17 -
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,
And his good deed will he pay him again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10 -
The soul of the wicked desireth evil:
His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:9 -
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 - Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:1 - And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:1 - For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:19 - For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

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