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Mercy
More than one thing is called this
Mercy names 4 things on this site
- Mercy, a subject the site gathers pages under.Character · Withholding the punishment a person has earned, and passing that on.
- Mercy, a theme of Scripture.Mercy in Scripture is not a mood God occasionally feels but a self-disclosed name. When the LORD passes before Moses on Sinai and proclaims who He is, the first words out are…
- Mercy, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Mercy-seat, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Featured studies
10 results- StudyThe Mercy SeatA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyThe TabernacleSeven elements of the Mosaic Tabernacle mapped to their explicit New Testament fulfillment: Hebrews 8:5 calls the whole structure a shadow of heavenly things.
- StudyJustification by FaithThe courtroom at the center of Romans: the charge, the verdict-word dikaioo, the mercy-seat ground, and the faith counted for righteousness.
- StudyMicah: the Study GuideJudah's most concrete indictment of injustice, held together with its most concrete hope: a Ruler from the least of Judah's clans whose origin is 'from everlasting.' Three judgment-to-mercy cycles…
- StudyJustice and RighteousnessMishpat and tsedaqah as a word-pair across the canon (let justice roll on like a river (Amos 5:24), what does the LORD require of you (Micah 6:8), the throne's own foundation (Ps 89:14)) to the…
Subjects
1 resultVerses
148 results- VerseJude 1:2Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
- VersePsalms 30:10Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
- VersePsalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- VerseJude 1:22And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;
- VersePsalms 119:132Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
People
1 resultWords (Strong's)
14 results- WordH7359 רְחֵם · rᵉchêm (Hebrew)(plural) pity. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordG3741 ὅσιος · hósios (Greek)properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character. The Greek word stands 8 times in the original text.
- WordG1656 ἔλεος · éleos (Greek)compassion (human or divine, especially active). The Greek word stands 27 times in the original text.
- WordG3628 οἰκτιρμός · oiktirmós (Greek)pity. The Greek word stands 5 times in the original text.
- WordH2617 חֵסֵד · chêçêd (Hebrew)kindness. The Hebrew word stands 247 times in the original text.
Themes
1 resultTopics
2 resultsVoices
11 results- VoiceAbba PoemenPoemen is the Greek word for shepherd, and the name stuck to him. He was born in Egypt late in the fourth century, one of seven brothers who all left the world together for the…
- VoiceIsaac of NinevehIsaac was born in Beth Qatraye, the Christian region along the western shore of the Persian Gulf, in what is now Qatar. He became a monk young. Around 676 the East Syriac…
- VoicePacian of BarcelonaPacian was bishop of Barcelona in the second half of the fourth century. Jerome, who included him in his catalogue of Christian writers, says he was distinguished both for his…
- VoiceGregory PalamasGregory was born in 1296 at Constantinople, into a family close to the imperial court; his father was a senator and a tutor to the young emperor. Gregory was educated for the…
- VoiceVenerable Barsanuphius and John the ProphetBarsanuphius and John lived in the first half of the sixth century at a monastery near Gaza, in Palestine, run by an abbot named Seridos. They are almost always named together…
Apocrypha (study resources)
106 results- Study resourceSirach 36:1Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 6:6For mercy will soon pardon the meanest: but mighty men shall be mightily tormented.
- Study resourcePrayer of Manasseh 1:14and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy.
- Study resourceBaruch 6:38They can shew no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
- Study resourceSirach 50:24That he would confirm his mercy with us, and deliver us at his time!