eleos · mercy

What it means

eleos (ἔλεος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mercy”.

Compassion that acts.

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. Compassion that helps the one who suffers.

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

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Luke×6
• Romans×3
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×3
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×3
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 John×1
• Jude×2

• Matthew 9:13

  So go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

• Matthew 12:7

  And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

• Matthew 23:23

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you tithe the mint and the dill and the cumin, and you have left aside the weightier things of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without leaving aside those.

• Luke 1:50

  And his mercy is for generation after generation to those who fear him.

• Luke 1:54

  He has helped Israel his servant, remembering mercy,

• Luke 1:58

  And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

• Luke 1:72

  to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

• Luke 1:78

  because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,

• Luke 10:37

  And he said, “The one who showed mercy to him.” And Jesus said to him, “Go, and you do likewise.”

• Romans 9:23

  and so that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—

• 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 15:9

  and that the nations might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: Therefore I will praise you among the nations, and sing to your name.

• Galatians 6:16

  And as many as will walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, also upon the Israel of God.

• Ephesians 2:4

  But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

• 1 Timothy 1:2

  to Timothy, my genuine child in faith: grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus our Lord.

• 2 Timothy 1:2

  to Timothy, my beloved child: grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus our Lord.

• 2 Timothy 1:16

  May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

• 2 Timothy 1:18

  May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And how much he served in Ephesus you know very well.

• Titus 3:5

  not by works of righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

• Hebrews 4:16

  Let us draw near, then, with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help.

• James 2:13

  For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

• James 3:17

  But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, considerate, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without making distinctions, without hypocrisy.

• 1 Peter 1:3

  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah from the dead,

• 2 John 1:3

  grace, mercy, peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus the Messiah, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

• Jude 1:2

  Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.

• Jude 1:21

  keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah to eternal life.

And 1 more times.