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G1652 ἐλεεινός (eleeinós)
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ἐλεεινός, ή, όν Adj merciful, pitiful

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pitiable

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ή, -όν | ἐλεάω

88.79 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Mercy, Merciless

pitiable, miserable pertaining to being deserving of pity in view of one’s miserable condition

1CO 15:19 · REV 3:17

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐλεεινός, -ἡ, -όν, (ἔλεος), fr. Hom. down, to be pitied, miserable: Rev. iii. 17, [where WH have adopted the Attic form ἐλεινός, see their App. p. 145]; compar. 1 (Ὁ Ἐν 19: 0 Ἷ ἵν: 99. (94.}}}

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐλεεινός eleeinos 2x

pitiable, wretched, miserable, 1 Cor. 15:19; Rev. 3:17*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐλεεινός, -ή, -όν

(< ἔλεος in Re, l.c., WH have the Attic poëtic form, ἐλεινός),

pitiable, miserable: Re 3:17; comparat., I Co 15:19.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐλεεινός. See the late P Oxy I. 130% (vi/A.p.) m(apa) ᾿Ανοὺπ ἐλεεινοῦ ὑμετέρου δούλου : cf. 7 and 20. 131% (vi/vii A.D.). The form ἐλεινός read by WH in Rev 317 (see (Vores*, p. 152) is explained by Blass-Debrunner (p. 20) as ἐλεῖνός = ἐλεεινός.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐλεεινός (eleeinos) — pitiful. ἐλεεινός, ή, όν, ἐλεινός [Refs], Attic dialect [Refs 5th c.BC+], but ἐλεεινός [Refs 4th c.BC+] Papyrus: written ἐλεηνός in [LXX]: (ἔλεος):— finding pity, pitied, δός μ᾽ ἐς Ἀχιλλῆος φίλον ἐλθεῖν ἠδ᾽ ἐλεεινόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; moving pity, piteous, [Refs], etc.; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν piteous to behold, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς thou lookest piteous, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b having received mercy, [Refs]

2. showing pity, ἐ. δάκρυον a tear of pity, [Refs 8th c.BC+], Men.[same place]; οὐδὲν ἐλεινόν no feeling of pity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. adverb ἐλεεινῶς, Attic dialect ἐλεινῶς, pitiably, [Refs 5th c.BC+] as adverb, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

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