Strong's Greek · G1656
ἔλεος
éleos
(+ tender) mercy
Definition
compassion (human or divine, especially active)
Derivation
of uncertain affinity;
Appears 27 times in Scripture
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.”
“so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.”
“If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.”
“But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.””
“because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,”
“He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,”
“His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.”
“to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,”
“What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—”
“Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).