Quick Definition
οἰκτίρμων, ον Adj compassionate, merciful
Strong's Definition
from 3627; compassionate
KJV Usage: merciful, of tender mercy
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | οἰκτίρω
88.81 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Mercy, Merciless
merciful, compassionate (derivative of οἰκτίρω ‘to have mercy,’ 88.80) pertaining to showing mercy or compassion In a number of languages expressions involving showing mercy or being merciful are expressed in highly idiomatic ways, for example, ‘to show one’s heart toward,’ ‘to feel in one’s stomach for,’ ‘to have one’s heart go out toward,’ or ‘to treat as a loving child.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκτίρμων, -ov, gen. -ovos, (οἰκτείρω), merciful: Lk. vi. 36; Jas. v.11. (Theoer. 15, 75; Anth. 7, 359, 1 [Epigr. Anth. Pal. Append. 223, 5]; Sept. for om.) [In classic Grk. only a poetic term for the more common ἐλεήμων." Schmidt iii. p. 580.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἰκτίρμων oiktirmōn 3x
compassionate, merciful, Lk. 6:36; Jas. 5:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἰκτίρμων, -ον
(< οἰκτείρω), in cl. poët, for ἐλεήμων (q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for רַחוּם;]
merciful: Lk 6:36, Ja 5:1.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
οἰκτίρμων (oiktirmōn) — compassionate. οἰκτ-ίρμων, ον, genitive ονος, merciful, [NT+5th c.BC+]