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οἰκτιρμός

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Gloss: compassion

Transliteration: oiktirmos

Strong’s: G3628

οἰκτιρμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(οἰκτείρω), [in LXX, usually in pl., chiefly for רַחַם ;]
compassion, pity. σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ, a heart of compassion, Col.3:12; in pl. (as LXX for Heb. רַחַם), οἰ. τ. θεοῦ, Rom.12:1, Heb.10:28; ό πατὴρ τῶν οἰ, 2Co.1:3; σπλάγχνα κ. οἰ., Php.2:1.†
<re>SYN.: ἔλεος, q.v </re> (AS)

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