Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
merciful
Usage: ἐλεήμων, -ον [in LXX chiefly for חַנּוּן ;] merciful: Mat.5:7, Heb.2:17.† (AS)
Eleemon means “merciful” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1655 — geshem (“body”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1655 ἐλεήμονες is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eleemon (el-eh-ay'-mone) adj. 1. compassionate (actively) [from G1653] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include merciful. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
eleemon (el-eh-ay'-mone) adj. 1. compassionate (actively) [from G1653] KJV: merciful Root(s): G1653
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merciful
Usage: ἐλεήμων, -ον [in LXX chiefly for חַנּוּן ;] merciful: Mat.5:7, Heb.2:17.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G1655, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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.
Strong's G1655 (ἐλεήμονες) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.
And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, pitiful and merciful, long-suffering and very compassionate, and true,
For when ye turn to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall be pitied before all that have carried them captives, and he will restore you to this land: for the Lord our God is merciful and pitiful, and will not turn away his face from you, if we return to him.
9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then she prayed toward the window, and said, Blessed art thou, O Lord my God, and thy holy and glorious name is blessed and honorable forever: let all thy works praise thee forever.
And the prayer was after this manner: O Lord, Lord God, Creator of all things, who art fearful and strong, and righteous, and merciful, and the only and gracious King,
When this was done, and they had made a common supplication, they besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled with his servants forever.
First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1655.
For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.
And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, pitiful and merciful, long-suffering and very compassionate, and true,
For when ye turn to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall be pitied before all that have carried them captives, and he will restore you to this land: for the Lord our God is merciful and pitiful, and will not turn away his face from you, if we return to him.
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
But thou, O Lord God, art compassionate and merciful, Long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and true.
The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, Long-suffering, and full of mercy.
He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered: The Lord is merciful and compassionate.
To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: He is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.
The Lord is merciful and righteous; Yea, our God has pity.
The Lord is compassionate, and merciful; Long-suffering, and abundant in mercy.
A merciful man does good to his own soul: But the merciless destroys his own body.
A merciful man is long-suffering; And his triumph overtakes transgressors.
A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: But it is hard to find a faithful man.
Go and read these words toward the north, and thou shalt say, Return to me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry with you forever.
and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy, and repents of evils.
And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish; because I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentest of evil.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Then she prayed toward the window, and said, Blessed art thou, O Lord my God, and thy holy and glorious name is blessed and honorable forever: let all thy works praise thee forever.
And the prayer was after this manner: O Lord, Lord God, Creator of all things, who art fearful and strong, and righteous, and merciful, and the only and gracious King,
When this was done, and they had made a common supplication, they besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled with his servants forever.
Then they praised the merciful God all together, and took heart, insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron.
So when they had all done this together, and besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting, and lying flat upon the ground three days long, Judas, having exhorted them, commanded they should be in a readiness.
They invoked the Almighty Lord, and ceaselessly besought with tears their merciful God and Father, Ruler of all, Lord of every power,
For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, Long-suffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, And saveth in time of affliction.
But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, And stretched out their hands toward him: And immediately the Holy One heard them out of heaven, And delivered them by the ministry of Isaiah.
And the people besought the Lord, the most High, By prayer before him that is merciful, Till the solemnity of the Lord was ended, And they had finished his service.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1655, grouped by book.
Eleemon (Strong's G1655) is a Greek word most simply glossed "merciful". eleemon (el-eh-ay'-mone) adj. 1. compassionate (actively) [from G1653]
This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G1655 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1655 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as merciful. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 18 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1655, with linked reader references where each row is available.