noun · masculine
oiktirmos
Strong’sG3628
pity, compassion
stem oiktirm-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
οἰκτιρμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< οἰκτείρω), [in LXX, usually in pl., chiefly for רַחַם;]
SYN.: ἔλεος, q.v.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3628 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoyk-tir-mos'
pity
Fromfrom G3627;
King Jamesmercy.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
pity, compassion, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, compassionate feelings, mercies, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | oiktirmos | oiktirmois1×οἰκτιρμοί |
| object accusative | oiktirmon | oiktirmoin |
| direct address vocative | oiktirmor | oiktirmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | oiktirmou1×οἰκτιρμοῦ | oiktirmoiu3×οἰκτιρμῶν |
| to, for dative | oiktirmo | oiktirmoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
oiktirmo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
oiktirmou“compassion”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Colossians 3:12… tou theou, hagiois kai agaporēntois, splanchneim oiktirmou, chrēstotan, tapeinofrosunan, prautan, makrothumian,… beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
oiktirmois“compassion”subjectnominative plural1×
Philippians 2:1… koinōnias pneumeu, ei tinas splanchneim kai oiktirmois,… the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
oiktirmoiu“mercies”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Romans 12:1“mercies”Parakalamō oun vin, adelfoir, dia toiu oiktirmoiu tou theou parastēara teim sōmeim vu …Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living …
2 Corinthians 1:3“mercies”… nu Iēsu Christou, tos patros toiu oiktirmoiu kai theos pantau paraklēsiau,… Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
Hebrews 10:28athetarantos tinos nomon Mōusou chōris oiktirmoiu epi duo ē treis marturoi apothnēskatō;… the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or …