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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οἰκτίρμωνG3629
Pronunciationoiktírmōn
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.
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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 Itmerciful2×Luke 6:36
mercy1×James 5:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 6:36
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Luke2James1
Source forms
οἰκτίρμων2xoiktirmōnLuke 6:36, James 5:11
οἰκτίρμονες1xoiktirmonesLuke 6:36
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular2xLuke 6:36, James 5:11
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xLuke 6:36
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Active compassion for others' suffering, especially God's merciful disposition toward the afflicted and needy.
Strong'sG3629
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 6:27–36Source Gloss
compassionate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 6:36Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
οἰκτίρμονες,oiktirmonev
compassionate, merciful
Read verseLuke 6:36Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
οἰκτίρμωνoiktirmwn
compassionate, merciful
Read verseJames 5:11Adjective 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternNominative (3)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 6:36 · Jas 5:112×
Nominative · Plural · MasculineLuke 6:361×
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 6:27–36οἰκτίρμονεςoiktírmōn
Merciful, compassionate
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Word Origins
οἰκτίρμων is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Reflects divine character as ethical standard.Luke 6:27–36