Quick Definition
compassionate, merciful
Strong's Definition
compassionate
Derivation: from G3627 (οἰκτείρω);
KJV Usage: merciful, of tender mercy
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκτίρμων, οἰκτιρμόν, genitive ὀικτιρμονος (ὀκτείρω), merciful: Luk_6:36; Jas_5:11. (Theocritus, 15, 75; Anth. 7, 359, 1 (Epigr. Anth. Pal. Append. 223, 5); the Sept. for ψΗηεΜν.) ("In classic Greek only a poetic term for the more common ἐλεήμων." Schmidt iii., p. 580.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἰκτίρμων oiktirmōn 3x
compassionate, merciful, Luk_6:36 ; Jas_5:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἰκτίρμων , -ον
( < οἰκτείρω ), in cl . poλt, for ἐλεήμων ( q.v. ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7349 ;]
merciful: Luk_6:36 , Jas_5:1 .†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
οἰκτίρμων, -ον
(οἰκτείρω), in cl. poët, for ἐλεήμων (which see), [in LXX chiefly for רַחוּם ;]
merciful: Luk.6:36, Jas.5:1.†
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