ἐλεέω

ἐλεέω — eleéō

ἐλεάω, adopted for the more common ἐληω (which see) by L T Tr WH in Rom 9:16 and Jud 1:23 (also by WH Tr marginal reading in 22); (Pro 21:26 Vat.; 4Ma 9:3 variant; Clement of Rome, 1Co 13:1-13; 1Co 2:1-16 [ET]; Polycarp, ad Philip. 2, 2 [ET]). Cf. Winers Grammar, 85 (82); Buttmann, 57 (50); (Mullach, p. 252; WHs Appendix, p. 166; Tdf. Proleg., p. 122).

STRONGS NT 1653: ἐληωἐληω, ἐλεῶ; future ἐλεήσω; 1 aorist ἠλέησα; passive, 1 aorist ἠλεήθην; 1 future ἐλεηθήσομαι; perfect participle ἠλεημένος; (ἔλεος); from Homer down; the Sept. most frequently for חָנַן to be gracious, also for רִחַם to have mercy; several times for חָמַל to spare, and נִחַם to console; to have mercy on: τινα (Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 b. α.), to succor one afflicted or seeking aid, Mat 9:27; Mat 15:22; Mat 17:15; Mat 18:33; Mat 20:30; Mar 5:19 (here, by zeugma (Winer's Grammar, § 66, 2 e.), the ὅσα is brought over with an adverbial force (Winers Grammar, 463 (431f), how); f; Luk 16:24; Luk 17:13; Luk 18:38; Php 2:27; Jud 1:22 Rec.; absolutely to succor the afflicted, to bring help to the wretched (A. V. to show mercy), Rom 12:8; passive to experience (A. V. obtain) mercy, Mat 5:7. Specifically, of God granting even to the unworthy favor, benefits, opportunities, and particularly salvation by Christ: Rom 9:15-16 R G (see ἐλεάω), Rom 9:18; Rom 11:32; passive, Rom 11:30; 1Co 7:25; 2Co 4:1; 1Ti 1:13; 1Ti 1:16; 1Pe 2:10. [SYNONYMS: ἐληω, οἰκτείρω: ἐληω, to feel sympathy with the misery of another, especially such sympathy as manifests itself in act, less frequent in word; whereas οἰκτείρω denotes the inward feeling of compassion which abides in the heart. A criminal begs ἔλεος of his judge; but hopeless suffering is often the object of οἰκτιρμός. Schmidt, chapter 143. On the other hand, Fritzsche (Commentary on Romans, vol. ii., p. 315) makes οἰκτείρω and its derivatives the stronger terms: ἐληω, the generic word for the feeling excited by another's misery; οἰκτείρω the same, especially when it calls (or is suited to call) out exclamations and tears.]