eleeō · have mercy

What it means

eleeō (ἐλεέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “have mercy”.

Show mercy, take pity; in the passive, receive mercy.

How to say it

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

1. To feel for someone and help them.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• have mercy on ×12
• have mercy ×4
• received mercy ×3
• I was shown mercy ×2
• had mercy ×2
• had mercy on ×2
• have received mercy ×2
• receive mercy ×2
• he has mercy ×1
• one who shows mercy ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×8
• Mark×3
• Luke×4
• Romans×8
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Philippians×1
• 1 Timothy×2
• 1 Peter×2
• Jude×2

• Matthew 5:7

  Happy are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

• Matthew 9:27

  And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Matthew 15:22

  And look, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

• Matthew 17:15

  and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is moonstruck and suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

• Matthew 18:33

  Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy on you?’

• Matthew 20:30

  And look, two blind men sitting beside the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Matthew 20:31

  But the crowd rebuked them so that they would be silent; but they cried out louder, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Mark 5:19

  And he did not let him, but says to him, “Go to your home, to your own, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and had mercy on you.”

• Mark 10:47

  And hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!”

• Mark 10:48

  And many were rebuking him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

• Luke 16:24

  And he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.’

• Luke 17:13

  And they raised their voice, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

• Luke 18:38

  And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

• Luke 18:39

  And those who were going ahead were rebuking him so that he would be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

• Romans 9:15

  For to Moses he says: I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.

• Romans 9:16

  So then, it depends not on the one who wants nor on the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.

• Romans 9:18

  So then, he has mercy on whom he wants, and he hardens whom he wants.

• Romans 11:30

  For just as you once disobeyed God, but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,

• Romans 11:31

  so they too have now been disobedient, so that, by the mercy shown to you, they also may now receive mercy.

• Romans 11:32

  For God has shut up all in disobedience, so that he may have mercy on all.

• Romans 12:8

  if the one who encourages, in encouragement; the one who gives, with generosity; the one who leads, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

• 1 Corinthians 7:25

  Now concerning virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who has received mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

• 2 Corinthians 4:1

  Therefore, having this service, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart.

• Philippians 2:27

  For indeed he was sick, close to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

• 1 Timothy 1:13

  though formerly I was a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man. But I was shown mercy, because I acted in ignorance in unbelief,

• 1 Timothy 1:16

  But for this reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the first, the Messiah Jesus might display all his patience as an example for those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

• 1 Peter 2:10

  you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy.

• Jude 1:22

  And have mercy on some who doubt;

• Jude 1:23

  save others by snatching them out of the fire; and on others have mercy with fear, hating even the tunic stained by the flesh.

And 3 more times.