ἐλεεινός
eleeinos · pitiable
Greek word · Strong’s number G1652 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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eleeinos (ἐλεεινός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “pitiable”.
Miserable, deserving pity.
How to say it
e·le·ei·nos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Deserving sorrow, so badly off.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- more to be pitied ×1
- pitiable ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 15:19
If we have hoped in the Messiah in this life only, we are more to be pitied than all people.
- Revelation 3:17
For you say, “I am rich, and I have become wealthy, and I have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are the wretched one and pitiable and poor and blind and naked.