1656 - eleos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἔλεος
Transliteration: eleos
Definition (short): mercy
Definition (full): mercy, pity, compassion

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: mercy, pity, compassion
NASB Translation: compassion (2), mercy (25).
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Of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially active) -- (+ tender) mercy.
KJV: But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
NASB: "But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
KJV: But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
NASB: "But if you had known what this means, 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
KJV: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
NASB: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
KJV: And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
NASB: "AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.
KJV: He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
NASB: "He has given help to Israel His servant, In remembrance of His mercy,