King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3627
Transliteration: oikteirō
Phonetic Spelling: (oyk-ti'-ro)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to pity, to have compassion on
Meaning: to pity, to have compassion on
οἰκτείρω; future (as if from οἰκτειρέω, a form which does not exist) as in the Sept. οἰκτειρήσω, for the earlier οἰκτείρω, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 741; (Veitch, under the word; Winers Grammar, 88 (84); Buttmann, 64 (56)); (from οἶκτος pity, and this from the interjection οἱ, "Oh!); to pity, have compassion on": τινα, Romans 9:15 (from Exodus 33:19. Homer, Tragg., Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Lucian, Plutarch, Aelian; the Sept. for חָנַן and רָחַם). (Synonym: see ἐληω, at the end.)
Word Summary
oikteirō: to pity, to have compassion on
Original Word: οἰκτείρωTransliteration: oikteirō
Phonetic Spelling: (oyk-ti'-ro)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to pity, to have compassion on
Meaning: to pity, to have compassion on
Strong's Concordance
have compassion on. Also (in certain tenses) prolonged oiktereo oyk-ter-eh'-o from oiktos (pity); to exercise pity -- have compassion on.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3627: οἰκτείρωοἰκτείρω; future (as if from οἰκτειρέω, a form which does not exist) as in the Sept. οἰκτειρήσω, for the earlier οἰκτείρω, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 741; (Veitch, under the word; Winers Grammar, 88 (84); Buttmann, 64 (56)); (from οἶκτος pity, and this from the interjection οἱ, "Oh!); to pity, have compassion on": τινα, Romans 9:15 (from Exodus 33:19. Homer, Tragg., Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Lucian, Plutarch, Aelian; the Sept. for חָנַן and רָחַם). (Synonym: see ἐληω, at the end.)