Lexicon oiktirmos: compassion, pity Original Word: οἰκτιρμός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: oiktirmos Phonetic Spelling: (oyk-tir-mos') Short Definition: pity, compassion Definition: pity, compassion, favor, grace, mercy. HELPS word-Studies 3628 oiktirmós – properly, compassion (pity), i.e. deep feeling about someone's difficulty or misfortune (TDNT, 1:159). 3628 /oiktirmós ("visceral compassions") is used of the deep feelings God has for all of us, and powerfully shows and shares in those following Him. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom oiktiróDefinitioncompassion, pity NASB Translationcompassion (2), mercies (2), mercy (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3628: οἰκτιρμόςοἰκτιρμός, οἰκτιρμοῦ, ὁ ( οἰκτείρω), the Sept. for רַחֲמִים) (the viscera, which were thought to be the seat of compassion (see σπλάγχνον, b.)), compassion, pity, mercy: σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ ( Rec. οἰκτίρμων), bowels in which compassion resides, a heart of compassion, Colossians 3:12; in the Scriptures mostly plural (conformably to the Hebrew רַחֲמִים), emotions, longings, manifestations of pity (English compassions) (cf. Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, iii., pp. 5ff; ( Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 77 (61))), τοῦ Θεοῦ, Romans 12:1; Hebrews 10:28; ὁ πατήρ τῶν οἰκτίρμων (genitive of quality (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 10; Winer's Grammar, 237 (222))), the father of mercies i. e. most merciful, 2 Corinthians 1:3; joined with σπλάγχνα, Philippians 2:1. ( Pindar, Pythagoras 1, 164.) (Synonym: see ἐληω, at the end.)
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