Quick Definition
ἐλεημοσύνη, ῆς, ἡ n.f. alms-giving, charity
Strong's Definition
from 1656; compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction
KJV Usage: alms(-deeds)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | ἐλεάω
57.111 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
acts of charity, alms, giving to the needy to give to those in need as an act of mercy
MAT 6:2 · MAT 6:3 · MAT 6:4 · ACT 9:36 · ACT 10:2 · ACT 10:4 · ACT 10:31
57.112 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
gift, money given to the needy, charity donation (semantic derivative of ἐλεημοσύνη[a] ‘giving to the needy,’ 57.111) that which is given to help the needy In some languages the closest equivalent of ἐλεημοσύνη in ACT 3:2 is simply ‘money.’
LUK 11:41 · LUK 12:33 · ACT 3:2 · ACT 3:3 · ACT 3:10 · ACT 24:17
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐλεημοσύνη eleēmosynē 13x
pity, compassion; in NT an act of kindness, alms, almsgiving, Mt. 6:2, 3, 4; Lk. 11:41
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐλεημοσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(< ἐλεέω), [in LXX chiefly for חֶסֶד, צְדָקָה ;]
mercy, pity.
almsgiving, alms (like the German Almosen, a corruption of the Greek word ἐ): Mt 6:4; ποιεῖν ἐ., Mt 6:2, 3, Ac 9:36 10:2 24:17; ἐ. διδόναι, Lk 11:41 (cf. Mt 23:36; Dalman, Words, 62 f.) 12:33; αἰτεῖν, Ac 3:2; λαβεῖν, Ac 3:3; πρὸς (in order to ask) ἐ., Ac 3:10; pl., Ac 10:4, 31 (Cremer, 711).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐλεημοσύνη. In the Christian P Gen I. 51° the writer, after petitioning a certain Amminaeus to use his influence in preventing a widow’s only son from being taken on military service, conlinues—kal 6 @(€d)s ἀποδιδῖ (/. ἀποδιδοῖ) σίο]ι πρὸς τὴν ἐϊλ]εημωσύνην σου. McNeile’s statement (σα Mt 62) that the word is not used specifically for ‘‘almsgiving” earlier than B. Sira will require modification if the early date ascribed to Tobit, in which the word is very frequent, is accepted (cf. Oxford Apocrypha i. p. 183 ff.). The word survives in this sense in MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosunē) — charity. ἐλε-ημοσύνη, ἡ, pity, mercy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. charity, alms, [LXX+NT+3rd c.AD+]