Greek noun (feminine) · G1654
ἐλεημοσύνη
eleemosyneel-eh-ay-mos-oo'-nay
mercy, pity.; almsgiving, alms
13 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eleēmosýnē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1654is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1654
compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction
The King James renders it: alms(-deeds).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eleemosyne is rendered "mercy, pity.; almsgiving, alms". It stands 13 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "mercy, pity.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Matthew 6:2ἐλεημοσύνην
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: mercy, pity., and almsgiving, alms.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| mercy, pity. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you… |
| almsgiving, alms(like the German Almosen, a corruption of the Greek word ἐ): Mat.6:4; ποιεῖν ἐ., Mat.6:2-3, Act.9:36 10:2 24:17; ἐ. διδόναι, Luk.11:41... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐλεήμων | eleemon | merciful | Uses2 |
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐλεημοσύνην7
- ἐλεημοσύναι2
- ἐλεημοσύνας2
- ἐλεημοσύνη1
- ἐλεημοσυνῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular7N-ASF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2N-APF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1N-GPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Matthew
three uses
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- ἐλεημοσύνηνeleemosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: acts of charity
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
- ἐλεημοσύνηνeleemosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: charity
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- ἐλεημοσύνηeleemosunenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: giving
Luke
two uses
But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
- ἐλεημοσύνηνeleemosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: alms
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- ἐλεημοσύνηνeleemosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: alms
Acts
eight uses
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
- ἐλεημοσύνηνeleemosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: alms
When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
- ἐλεημοσύνηνeleemosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: alms
they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- ἐλεημοσύνηνeleemosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: alms
In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
- ἐλεημοσυνῶνeleemosunonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: of alms
He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
- ἐλεημοσύναςeleemosunasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: alms
Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- ἐλεημοσύναιeleemosunainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: alms
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- ἐλεημοσύναιeleemosunainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: alms
After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
- ἐλεημοσύναςeleemosunasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: alms
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.