What does οἰκτίρμων (oiktírmōn) mean in the Bible?
οἰκτίρμων (oiktírmōn): Active compassion for others' suffering, especially God's merciful disposition toward the afflicted and needy.
Greek · G3629
οἰκτίρμων
Compassionate
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οἰκτίρμων G3629
Pronunciation oiktírmōn
What does οἰκτίρμων (oiktírmōn) mean in the Bible?
οἰκτίρμων (oiktírmōn): Active compassion for others' suffering, especially God's merciful disposition toward the afflicted and needy.
Full entry for οἰκτίρμων (G3629) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3629?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include merciful (2), mercy (1).
Where does οἰκτίρμων (oiktírmōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 6:36. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It merciful 2× Luke 6:36
mercy 1× James 5:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 6:36
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Luke 2 James 1
Source forms
οἰκτίρμων 2x oiktirmōn Luke 6:36, James 5:11
οἰκτίρμονες 1x oiktirmones Luke 6:36
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Luke 6:36, James 5:11
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 6:36
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Active compassion for others' suffering, especially God's merciful disposition toward the afflicted and needy.
Strong's G3629
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 6:27–36 Source Gloss
compassionate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 6:36 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
οἰκτίρμονες, oiktirmonev
compassionate, merciful
Read verse Luke 6:36 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
οἰκτίρμων oiktirmwn
compassionate, merciful
Read verse James 5:11 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
οἰκτίρμων. oiktirmwn
compassionate, 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 6:36 · Jas 5:11 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 6:36 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
merciful
Additional Occurrences
Luke 6:27–36 οἰκτίρμονες oiktírmōn
Merciful, compassionate
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
οἰκτίρμων is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Reflects divine character as ethical standard. Luke 6:27–36
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain