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Strong's G3628 οἰκτιρμός (oiktirmos)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3628 — keli (“prison”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3628
Language Greek
Linked Usages 42
Books 20

Strong's G3628 Quick Answer

Strong's G3628 οἰκτιρμός (oiktirmos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. oiktirmos (oyk-tir-mos') n. 1. pity [from G3627] It has 42 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include mercy. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
oiktirmos (oyk-tir-mos') n. 1. pity [from G3627]
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
mercy

Meaning and Definition

oiktirmos (oyk-tir-mos') n. 1. pity [from G3627] KJV: mercy Root(s): G3627

Original Word
οἰκτιρμός
Transliteration
oiktirmos
Derivation
Root: οἰκτείρω R1: 3627
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3628. 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)

compassion

Usage: οἰκτιρμός, -οῦ, ὁ (οἰκτείρω), [in LXX, usually in pl., chiefly for רַחַם ;] compassion, pity. σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ, a heart of compassion, Col.3:12; in pl. (as LXX for Heb. רַחַם), οἰ. τ. θεοῦ, Rom.12:1, Heb.10:28; ό πατὴρ τῶν οἰ, 2Co.1:3; σπλάγχνα κ. οἰ., Php.2:1.† SYN.: ἔλεος, q.v (AS)

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How Strong's G3628 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render oiktirmos, 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.

How Strong's G3628 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 31 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 G3628 (οἰκτιρμός) appears 38 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3628 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 G3628 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Romans 12:1 KJV

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2 Corinthians 1:3 KJV

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

Philippians 2:1 KJV

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

Strong's G3628 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

2 Kingdoms 24:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And David said to Gad, On every side I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions are very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.

3 Kingdoms 8:50 Septuagint / Brenton

and thou shalt be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against thee, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against thee, and thou shalt cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:

1 Chronicles 21:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even all the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.

Strong's G3628 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 3:44 Septuagint / Brenton

Then the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.

3 Maccabees 2:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Let thy mercies quickly go before us. Grant us peace, that the cast down and brokenhearted may praise thee with their mouth.

3 Maccabees 6:2 Septuagint / Brenton

O King, mighty in power, most high, Almighty God, who regulatest the whole creation with thy tender mercy,

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3628.

2 Kingdoms 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Gad, On every side I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions are very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.
3 Kingdoms 8:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against thee, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against thee, and thou shalt cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:
1 Chronicles 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even all the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.
2 Chronicles 30:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Nehemiah 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
Nehemiah 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah 9:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Nehemiah 9:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Nehemiah 9:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Psalms 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember thy compassions, O Lord, And thy mercies, for they are from everlasting.
Psalms 39:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; Thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.
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 68:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: According to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.
Psalms 76:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will God forget to pity? Or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause.
Psalms 78:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember not our old transgressions; Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; For we are greatly impoverished.
Psalms 102:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who redeems thy life from corruption; Who crowns thee with mercy and compassion;
Psalms 105:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he caused them to be pitied In the sight of all who carried them captive.
Psalms 118:77 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: For thy law is my meditation.
Psalms 118:156 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: Quicken me according to thy judgment.
Psalms 144:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is compassionate, and merciful; Long-suffering, and abundant in mercy.
Psalms 144:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is good to those that wait on him; And his compassions are over all his works.
Isaiah 63:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Turn from heaven, and look from thy holy habitation and from thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength? where is the abundance of thy mercy and of thy compassions, that thou hast withholden thyself from us?
Daniel 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now God had brought Daniel into favor and compassion with the chief of the eunuchs.
Daniel 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.
Daniel 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To thee, the Lord our God, belong compassions and forgivenesses, whereas we have departed from thee;
Daniel 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolation, and that of thy city on which thy name is called: for we do not bring our pitiful case before thee on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy manifold compassions, O Lord.
Hosea 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will betroth thee to myself forever; yea, I will betroth thee to myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy, and in tender compassions;
Zechariah 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, saith the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem.
Zechariah 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgment, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with his brother:
Zechariah 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon me, because they have mocked me, and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved friend, and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.
Romans 12:1 New Testament, KJV
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 Corinthians 1:3 New Testament, KJV
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Philippians 2:1 New Testament, KJV
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Colossians 3:12 New Testament, KJV
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Hebrews 10:28 New Testament, KJV
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
1 Maccabees 3:44 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
3 Maccabees 2:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thy mercies quickly go before us. Grant us peace, that the cast down and brokenhearted may praise thee with their mouth.
3 Maccabees 6:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O King, mighty in power, most high, Almighty God, who regulatest the whole creation with thy tender mercy,
4 Maccabees 6:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Beholding him so high-minded against misery, and not changing at their pity, they led him to the fire:
Wisdom of Sirach 5:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And say not, His mercy is great; He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: For mercy and wrath come from him, And his indignation resteth upon sinners.
Baruch 2:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3628, grouped by book.

2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3628 FAQ

What does oiktirmos (οἰκτιρμός) mean?

Oiktirmos (Strong's G3628) is a Greek word most simply glossed "mercy". oiktirmos (oyk-tir-mos') n. 1. pity [from G3627]

How many times is oiktirmos (οἰκτιρμός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's G3628 across 20 books.

Where can I study oiktirmos (οἰκτιρμός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3628 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate oiktirmos (οἰκτιρμός)?

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

Does Strong's G3628 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3628, with linked reader references where each row is available.