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Strong's G1653 ἐλεέω (eleeo)

Eleeo means “receive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1653 — geshem (“shower”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1653
Language Greek
Linked Usages 135
Books 36

Strong's G1653 Quick Answer

Strong's G1653 ἐλεέω (eleeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eleeo (el-eh-eh'-o) v. 1. to have or show compassion (by word or deed) 2. (specially) by divine grace It has 135 linked Bible usages across 36 books. Visible English usage signals include have, obtained, obtain, and compassion. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
eleeo (el-eh-eh'-o) v. 1. to have or show compassion (by word or deed) 2. (specially) by divine grace
Usage
135 linked usages
Books
36 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
have, obtained, obtain, and compassion

Meaning and Definition

eleeo (el-eh-eh'-o) v. 1. to have or show compassion (by word or deed) 2. (specially) by divine grace [from G1656] KJV: have compassion (pity on), have (obtain, receive, shew) mercy (on) Root(s): G1656

Original Word
ἐλεέω
Transliteration
eleeo
Derivation
Root: ἔλεος R1: 1656
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1653. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to have mercy

Usage: ἐλεέω (in Rom.9:16, Ju 22, -άω, which see), -ῶ (ἔλεος), [in LXX (Hex, Pss, Pr) chiefly for חָנַן, also frequently in Proph. for רָחַם, etc. ;] to have pity or mercy on, to show mercy: absol., Rom.9:16 12:8; with accusative, Mat.9:27 15:22 17:15 18:33 20:30-31, Mrk.5:19 10:47-48, Luk.16:24 17:13 18:38-39 Rom.9:15, 18 11:32, Php.2:27, Ju 22. Pass., to have pity or mercy shown one (EV, obtain mercy): Mat.5:7, Rom.11:30-31, 1Co.7:25, 2Co.4:1, 1Ti.1:13 1:16, 1Pe.2:10.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1653 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eleeo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

have Matthew 9:27 22× obtained 1 Timothy 1:13 compassion Mark 5:19 obtain Matthew 5:7

How Strong's G1653 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 84 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1653 (ἐλεέω) appears 115 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1653 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1653 in the New Testament

28 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:7 KJV

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 9:27 KJV

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

Matthew 15:22 KJV

And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Strong's G1653 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

84 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 33:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.

Genesis 33:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took them.

Genesis 43:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said, Is this your younger brother, whom ye spoke of bringing to me? and he said, God have mercy on thee, my son.

Strong's G1653 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

23 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 6:19 Septuagint / Brenton

O Lord God of heaven, behold their pride, and pity the low estate of our nation, and look upon the face of those that are sanctified unto thee this day.

Tobit 8:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together.

Tobit 8:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou art to be praised, because thou hast had mercy of two that were the only begotten children of their fathers: grant them mercy, O Lord, and finish their life in health with joy and mercy.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1653.

Genesis 33:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.
Genesis 33:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took them.
Genesis 43:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said, Is this your younger brother, whom ye spoke of bringing to me? and he said, God have mercy on thee, my son.
Exodus 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.
Exodus 33:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, I will pass by before thee with my glory, and I will call by my name, the Lord, before thee; and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and will have pity on whom I will have pity.
Numbers 6:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and have mercy upon thee;
Deuteronomy 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Lord thy God shall deliver them into thy hands, then thou shalt smite them: thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt not make a covenant with them, neither shall ye pity them:
Deuteronomy 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and show thee mercy, and pity thee, and multiply thee, as he swore to thy fathers;
Deuteronomy 28:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.
Deuteronomy 30:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the Lord shall heal thine iniquities, and shall pity thee, and shall again gather thee out from all the nations, among which the Lord has scattered thee.
2 Kingdoms 12:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said, While the child yet lived, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows if the Lord will pity me, and the child live?
4 Kingdoms 13:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord had mercy and compassion upon them, and had respect to them because of his covenant with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and the Lord would not destroy them, and did not cast them out from his presence.
2 Chronicles 36:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Job 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.
Job 24:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he has not treated the barren woman well, And has had no pity on a feeble woman.
Job 27:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, And no one shall pity their widows.
Job 41:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will not be silent because of him: Though because of his power one shall pity his antagonist.
Psalms 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: Heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed.
Psalms 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction which I suffer of mine enemies, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Psalms 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; For I am an only child and poor.
Psalms 25:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I have walked in my innocence: Redeem me, and have mercy upon me.
Psalms 26:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: Pity me, and hearken to me.
Psalms 29:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; The Lord is become my helper.
Psalms 30:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: My eye is troubled with indignation, My soul and my belly.
Psalms 40:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Psalms 40:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.
Psalms 50:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; And according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression.
Psalms 55:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; All the day long he warring has afflicted me.
Psalms 56:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: For my soul has trusted in thee: And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, Until the iniquity have passed away.
Psalms 85:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day.
Psalms 85:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me: Give thy strength to thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
Psalms 118:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remove from me the way of iniquity; And be merciful to me by thy law.
Psalms 118:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I besought thy favor with my whole heart: Have mercy upon me according to thy word.
Psalms 118:132 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look upon me and have mercy upon me, After the manner of them that love thy name.
Psalms 122:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Proverbs 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
his lips a sinner falls into snares; But a righteous man escapes from them. But he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.
Proverbs 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that dishonors the needy sins: But he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.
Proverbs 17:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; And he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: But he that has compassion shall find mercy.
Proverbs 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; And he will recompense to him according to his gift.
Proverbs 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.
Isaiah 9:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the Lord shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have pity on their orphans or on their widows: for they are all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks unjustly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is yet exalted.
Isaiah 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burned by fire: no man shall pity his brother.
Isaiah 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in that day thou shalt say, I will bless thee, O Lord; for thou wast angry with me, but thou hast turned aside thy wrath, and hast pitied me.
Isaiah 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall break the bows of the young men; and they shall have no mercy on your children; nor shall their eyes spare thy children.
Isaiah 14:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and they shall rest on their land: and the stranger shall be added to them, yea, shall be added to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 27:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of the grass being parched. Come hither, ye women that come from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them shall have no pity upon them, and he that formed them shall have no mercy upon them.
Isaiah 30:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that stay themselves upon him.
Isaiah 30:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the holy people shall dwell in Zion: and whereas Jerusalem has wept bitterly, saying, Pity me; he shall pity thee: when he perceived the voice of thy cry, he hearkened to thee.
Isaiah 33:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in thee: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction.
Isaiah 44:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice, ye heavens; for God has had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, ye foundations of the earth: ye mountains, shout with joy, ye hills, and all the trees therein: for God has redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
Isaiah 49:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice, ye heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth with joy; for the Lord has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people.
Isaiah 49:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget thee, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 52:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the voice of them that guard thee is exalted, and with the voice together they shall rejoice: for eyes shall look to eyes, when the Lord shall have mercy upon Zion.
Isaiah 52:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the waste places of Jerusalem break forth in joy together, because the Lord has had mercy upon her, and has delivered Jerusalem.
Isaiah 54:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a little while I left thee: but with great mercy will I have compassion upon thee.
Isaiah 54:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In a little wrath I turned away my face from thee; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon thee, saith the Lord that delivers thee.
Isaiah 55:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
Isaiah 59:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away his face from you, so as not to have mercy upon you.
Jeremiah 6:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; the people is fierce, and will have no mercy; their voice is as the roaring sea; they shall array themselves for war against thee as fire on horses and chariots, O daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore pray not thou for this people, and intercede not for them to be pitied, yea, pray not, and approach me not for them: for I will not hearken unto thee.
Jeremiah 12:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass, after I have cast them out, that I will return, and have mercy upon them, and will cause them to dwell every one in his inheritance, and every one in his land.
Jeremiah 27:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the people is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Jeremiah 37:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus said the Lord; Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob, and will have pity upon his prisoners; and the city shall be built upon her hill, and the people shall settle after their manner.
Jeremiah 38:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to me: for because my words are in him, I will surely remember him: therefore I made haste to help him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 49:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will grant you mercy, and pity you, and will restore you to your land.
Lamentations 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The presence of the Lord was their portion; But he will not again look upon them: They regarded not the person of the priests, They pitied not the prophets.
Ezekiel 5:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord; surely, because thou hast defiled my holy things with all thine abominations, I also will reject thee; mine eye shall not spare, and I will have no mercy.
Ezekiel 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord that smite thee.
Ezekiel 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense thy way upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 8:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore will I deal with them in wrath: mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy.
Ezekiel 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to the first in my hearing, Go after him into the city, and smite: and let not your eyes spare, and have no mercy.
Ezekiel 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have any mercy: I have recompensed their ways upon their heads.
Ezekiel 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do it; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.
Ezekiel 39:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I turn back captivity in Jacob, and will have mercy on the house of Israel, and will be jealous for the sake of my holy name.
Hosea 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them.
Hosea 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.
Hosea 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son.
Hosea 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.
Hosea 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.
Hosea 2:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will sow her to me on the earth; and will love her that was not loved, and will say to that which was not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art the Lord my God.
Hosea 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Assyria shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan.
Amos 5:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore ye judgment in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Zechariah 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord Almighty, how long wilt thou have no mercy on Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, which thou hast disregarded these seventy years?
Zechariah 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Zion, and shall choose Jerusalem.
Matthew 5:7 New Testament, KJV
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 9:27 New Testament, KJV
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
Matthew 15:22 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Matthew 17:15 New Testament, KJV
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Matthew 18:33 New Testament, KJV
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Matthew 20:30 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
Matthew 20:31 New Testament, KJV
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
Mark 5:19 New Testament, KJV
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Mark 10:47 New Testament, KJV
And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Mark 10:48 New Testament, KJV
And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Luke 16:24 New Testament, KJV
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Luke 17:13 New Testament, KJV
And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
Luke 18:38 New Testament, KJV
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Luke 18:39 New Testament, KJV
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Romans 9:15 New Testament, KJV
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Romans 9:16 New Testament, KJV
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Romans 9:18 New Testament, KJV
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Romans 11:30 New Testament, KJV
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
Romans 11:31 New Testament, KJV
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Romans 11:32 New Testament, KJV
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Romans 12:8 New Testament, KJV
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
1 Corinthians 7:25 New Testament, KJV
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
2 Corinthians 4:1 New Testament, KJV
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Philippians 2:27 New Testament, KJV
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
1 Timothy 1:13 New Testament, KJV
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
1 Timothy 1:16 New Testament, KJV
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
1 Peter 2:10 New Testament, KJV
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Jude 1:22 New Testament, KJV
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Judith 6:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of heaven, behold their pride, and pity the low estate of our nation, and look upon the face of those that are sanctified unto thee this day.
Tobit 8:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together.
Tobit 8:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art to be praised, because thou hast had mercy of two that were the only begotten children of their fathers: grant them mercy, O Lord, and finish their life in health with joy and mercy.
Tobit 11:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Tobit went out to meet his daughter-in-law at the gate of Nineveh, rejoicing, and praising God: and they which saw him go marveled, because he had received his sight.
Tobit 13:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will scourge us for our iniquities, and will have mercy again, and will gather us out of all nations, among whom he hath scattered us.
Tobit 14:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.
2 Maccabees 2:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
as he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place: for he hath delivered us out of great troubles, and hath purified the place.
2 Maccabees 3:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then it would have pitied a man to see the falling down of the multitude of all sorts, and the fear of the high priest, being in such an agony.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1653, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 7 usages, New Testament
Mark 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
Romans 7 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1653 FAQ

What does eleeo (ἐλεέω) mean?

Eleeo (Strong's G1653) is a Greek word most simply glossed "receive". eleeo (el-eh-eh'-o) v. 1. to have or show compassion (by word or deed) 2. (specially) by divine grace

How many times is eleeo (ἐλεέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 135 linked usages for Strong's G1653 across 36 books.

Where can I study eleeo (ἐλεέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1653 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate eleeo (ἐλεέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as have, obtained, obtain, and compassion. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1653 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 84 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 23 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1653, with linked reader references where each row is available.