Strong's Number G1656

ἔλεος

eleos · el'-eh-os

Transliteration:

eleos{el'-eh-os}

Word Origin:

of uncertain affinity

TDNT:

2:477,222

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

compassion (human or divine, especially active)

Usage in the KJV:

mercy 28

Total: 28
Occurs 27 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them
1. of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful
2. of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ
3. the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life