What does ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) mean in the Bible?
ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn): Mercy expressed through active compassion and practical help, not merely sympathetic feeling
Greek · G1655
ἐλεήμων
Compassionate (actively)
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ἐλεήμωνG1655
Pronunciationeleḗmōn
What does ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) mean in the Bible?
ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn): Mercy expressed through active compassion and practical help, not merely sympathetic feeling
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1655?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a merciful (1), merciful (1).
Where does ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Matthew (1).
Are there verse guides for ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita merciful1×Hebrews 2:17
merciful1×Matthew 5:7
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 5:7
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Hebrews1
Source forms
ἐλεήμονες1xeleēmonesMatthew 5:7
ἐλεήμων1xeleēmōnHebrews 2:17
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 5:7
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xHebrews 2:17
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. Mercy expressed through active compassion and practical help, not merely sympathetic feeling
Source Gloss
compassionate (actively)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
elehmonev
full of pity, merciful
Read verseHebrews 2:17Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐλεήμωνelehmwn
full of pity, merciful
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Nominative · Singular · MasculineHeb 2:171×
Word Origins
ἐλεήμων is built from this root: