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G1652 ἐλεεινός (eleeinós)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

merciful, pitiful

Strong's Definition

pitiable

Derivation: from G1656 (ἔλεος);

KJV Usage: miserable

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐληινος, ἐληινη, ἐληινον (ἔλεος), from Homer down, to be pitied, miserable: Rev_3:17 (where WH have adopted the Attic form ἐλεινός, see their Appendix, p. 145); comparative, 1Co_15:19. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 99 (94).) STRONGS NT 1652: ἐλεινός [ἐλεινός, see ἐληινος.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐλεειν pitiable, wretched, miserable, 1Co_15:19 ; Rev_3:17

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐλεεινός , -ή , -όν ( < ἔλεος ; in Re, l.c ., WH have the Attic poλtic form, ἐλεινός ), pitiable, miserable: Rev_3:17 ; comparat., 1Co_15:19 .† ἐλεινός , see ἐλεεινός .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐλεεινός [page 202] See the late P Oxy I. 130 .3 (vi/A.D.) π (αρὰ ) Ἀνοὺπ ἐλεεινοῦ ὑμετέρου δούλου : cf. .7 and ib. 131 .2 (vi/vii A.D.). The form ἐλεινός read by WH in Rev_3:17 (see Notes .2 , p. 152) is explained by Blass Debrunner (p. 20) as ἐλεϊνός = ἐλεεινός .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἐλεεινός ἐλεεινός, ή, όν [Etym: ἔλεος] "finding pity, pitied or moving pity, pitiable, piteous", Hom. , etc.; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν "piteous" to behold, Aesch. ; ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς thou lookest "piteous", Soph. ; ἐσθῆτ᾽ ἐλεινήν Ar. ; ποιῶν ἑαυτὸν ὡς ἐλεεινότατον Dem. "shewing pity, pitying", ἐλ. δάκρυον a tear "of pity", Od. ; οὐδὲν ἐλεεινόν no "feeling of pity", Plat. adv. ἐλεεινῶς, in attic Poets ἐλεινῶς, "pitiably", Soph. ; neut. pl. ἐλεεινά as adv., Il.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐλεεινός, -ή, -όν (ἔλεος in Re, l.with, WH have the Attic poëtic form, ἐλεινός), pitiable, miserable: Rev.3:17; comparat., 1Co.15:19.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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