Word Summary
oiktirmos: compassion, pity
Original Word: οἰκτιρμόςTransliteration: oiktirmos
Phonetic Spelling: (oyk-tir-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: compassion, pity
Meaning: compassion, pity
Strong's Concordance
mercy.
From oikteiro; pity -- mercy.
see GREEK oikteiro
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.)