verb
oiktiramō
Strong’sG3627
I pity, have compassion on
stem oiktir-2 times in the New Testament2 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.
οἰκτείρω
(< οἶκτος, pity), [in LXX for רחם pi., חנן, etc.;]
SYN.: ἐλεέω, q.v.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3627 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoyk-ti'-ro
to exercise pity
Fromfrom οἶκτος (pity);
King Jameshave compassion on.
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
(in codices frequently -ειρ-, but -ῑρ- in early Inscrr., Refs, see entry near the end; compare κατοικτίρω): imperfect ᾤκτ (ε) ιρον Refs 7th c.BC+: future οἰκτῐρῶ Refs 4th c.BC+aorist ᾤκτ (ε) ιρα Refs 8th c.BC+; Ionic dialect οἴκτ (ε) ιρα Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, only present and imperfect NT+8th c.BC+:—pity, have pity upon, with accusative person, Refs 8th c.BC+; οἰ. τινά τινος pity one for or because of a thing, οἰκτίρω σε θεσφάτου μόρου Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative of things, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with infinitive, οἰ. νιν λιπεῖν I am sorry to leave her, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἰ. εἰ.. to be sorry that it should be, Refs 5th c.BC+. [Aeolic dialect οἰκτίρρω Refs 3rd c.BC+future is οἰκτερῶ accusative to Refs
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| oiktiramiοἰκτιρήσω | will happen · Ifuture active indicative 1st person singular | have compassion on | 1× |
| oiktirameiōοἰκτίρω | happening now · Ipresent active subjunctive 1st person singular | compassion | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | oiktiramō | oiktirame | oiktirami1×οἰκτιρήσω | oiktirama | oiktiramē | oiktiramelē |
| you 2nd person singular | oiktirasō | oiktirase | oiktirasi | oiktirasa | oiktirasē | oiktiraselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oiktiratō | oiktirate | oiktirati | oiktirata | oiktiratē | oiktiratelē |
| we 1st person plural | oiktiranō | oiktirane | oiktirani | oiktirana | oiktiranē | oiktiranelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | oiktiravō | oiktirave | oiktiravi | oiktirava | oiktiravē | oiktiravelē |
| they 3rd person plural | oiktiralō | oiktirale | oiktirali | oiktirala | oiktiralē | oiktiralelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | oiktirameiō1×οἰκτίρω | oiktirameia | oiktirameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | oiktiraseiō | oiktiraseia | oiktiraseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oiktirateiō | oiktirateia | oiktirateiē |
| we 1st person plural | oiktiraneiō | oiktiraneia | oiktiraneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | oiktiraveiō | oiktiraveia | oiktiraveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | oiktiraleiō | oiktiraleia | oiktiraleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | oiktirasōr | oiktirasar | oiktirasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oiktiratōr | oiktiratar | oiktiratēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | oiktiravōr | oiktiravar | oiktiravēr |
| they 3rd person plural | oiktiralōr | oiktiralar | oiktiralēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | oiktiramoiō | oiktiramoia |
| you 2nd person singular | oiktirasoiō | oiktirasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oiktiratoiō | oiktiratoia |
| we 1st person plural | oiktiranoiō | oiktiranoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | oiktiravoiō | oiktiravoia |
| they 3rd person plural | oiktiraloiō | oiktiraloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | oiktirarō | oiktirari | oiktirara | oiktirarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | oiktirarōntos | oiktirarintos | oiktirarantos | oiktirarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
oiktir 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
oiktirami“have compassion on”will happen · Ifuture active indicative 1st person singular1×
Romans 9:15… legatō; Elēami hon an elēameiō, kai oiktirami hon an oiktirameiō.… I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
oiktirameiō“compassion”happening now · Ipresent active subjunctive 1st person singular1×
Romans 9:15… an elēameiō, kai oiktirami hon an oiktirameiō.… have compassion on whom I have compassion.”