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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