Lexical Summary oiktirmos: compassion, pity Original Word: οἰκτιρμόςTransliteration: oiktirmos Phonetic Spelling: (oyk-tir-mos') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: compassion, pity Meaning: compassion, pity Strong's Concordance mercy. From oikteiro; pity -- mercy. see GREEK oikteiro Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3628: οἰκτιρμόςοἰκτιρμός, οἰκτιρμοῦ, ὁ (οἰκτείρω), the Sept. for רַחֲמִים) (the viscera, which were thought to be the seat of compassion (see σπλάγχνον, b.)), compassion, pity, mercy: σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ (Rec. οἰκτίρμων), bowels in which compassion resides, a heart of compassion, Colossians 3:12; in the Scriptures mostly plural (conformably to the Hebrew רַחֲמִים), emotions, longings, manifestations of pity (English compassions) (cf. Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, iii., pp. 5ff; (Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 77 (61))), τοῦ Θεοῦ, Romans 12:1; Hebrews 10:28; ὁ πατήρ τῶν οἰκτίρμων (genitive of quality (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 10; Winer's Grammar, 237 (222))), the father of mercies i. e. most merciful, 2 Corinthians 1:3; joined with σπλάγχνα, Philippians 2:1. (Pindar, Pythagoras 1, 164.) (Synonym: see ἐληω, at the end.) |
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