G1656

ἔλεος

eleos

Neuter noun · Of uncertain affinity

Of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially active):—(+ tender) mercy.

Outline

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

Usages

Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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Matthew 12:7

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

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Matthew 23:23

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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Luke 1:50

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

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Luke 1:54

He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

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Luke 1:58

And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

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Luke 1:72

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

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Luke 1:78

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

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Luke 10:37

And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him,

Go, and do thou likewise.

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Romans 9:23

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

Breakdown

vessels of mercy Israel. glory The Kingdom.

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Romans 11:31

Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

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Romans 15:9

And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

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Galatians 6:16

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

Precepts

Romans 9:6

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Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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1 Timothy 1:2

Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

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2 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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2 Timothy 1:16

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

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2 Timothy 1:18

The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

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Titus 1:4

To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

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Titus 3:5

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore come bold ly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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James 2:13

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Precepts

Job 4:7

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James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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2 John 1:3

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

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Jude 1:2

Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

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Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

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