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G1656ἔλεος éleos — compassion (human or divine, especially
active)G3628οἰκτιρμός oiktirmós — pityH7359רְחֵם rᵉchêm — (plural) pityH2617חֵסֵד chêçêd — kindnessG3741ὅσιος hósios — properly, right (by intrinsic or divine
characterH2603חָנַן chânan — properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior
Verses(5+)
- 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.
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Words (Strong's)(5+)
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Topics(2)
Feature Pages(5+)
- FeatureThe 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.
- FeatureJustification by FaithThe courtroom at the center of Romans: the charge, the verdict-word dikaioo, the mercy-seat ground, and the faith counted for righteousness.
- FeatureMicah — 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, charted cycle by cycle.
- FeatureJustice and RighteousnessMishpat and tsedaqah as a word-pair across the canon — let justice roll down as waters (Amos 5:24), what doth Jehovah require of thee (Micah 6:8), the throne's own foundation (Ps 89:14) — to the weightier matters of the law.
- FeatureHet (ח) — the Hebrew letterThe enclosure — and the letter of a word English has never managed to translate.
Authors(5+)
- AuthorAbba 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…
- AuthorIsaac 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…
- AuthorPacian 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…
- AuthorGregory 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…
- AuthorVenerable 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)(5+)
- 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!