STRONGS G1654:
ἐλεημοσύνη,
-ης,
ἡ, (
ἐλεήμων),
Sept. for
חֶסֶד and
צְדָקָה (see
δικαιοσύνη,
1 b.);
1. mercy, pity (Callimachus in Del. 152;
Isaiah 38:18; Sir. 17:22 (Sir 17:24), etc.), especially
as exhibited in giving alms, charity:
Matthew 6:4;
ποιεῖν ἐλεημοσύνην, to practise the virtue of mercy or beneficence, to show one's compassion,
[A. V. do alms], (cf. the similar phrases
δικαιοσύνην,
ἀλήθειαν, etc.
ποιεῖν),
Matthew 6:1 Rec., 2, 3, (Sir. 7:10; Tobit 4:7; Tobit 12:8, etc.; for
חֶסֶד עָשָׂה,
Genesis 47:29);
ἐλεημοσύνας, acts of beneficence, benefactions [cf. Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 77 (67)],
Acts 10:2;
εἴς τινα,
Acts 24:17. Hence,
2. the benefaction itself, a donation to the poor, alms, (the German
Almosen [and the English
alms] being [alike] a corruption of the Greek word):
ἐλεημοσύνην διδόναι [(Diogenes Laërtius 5, 17)],
Luke 11:41;
Luke 12:33;
αἰτεῖν,
Acts 3:2;
λαμβάνειν,
Acts 3:3;
πρὸς τὴν ἐλεημοσ. for (the purpose of asking) alms,
Acts 3:10; plural,
Acts 9:36;
Acts 10:4,
31.
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