# ἔλεος (eleos)

Strong’s G1656. 26 New Testament occurrences.

pity, mercy, compassion.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/eleos-g1656

## Occurrences

- [Matthew 9:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/9/13) — But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- [Matthew 12:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/12/7) — But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
- [Matthew 23:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/23/23) — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, me…
- [Luke 1:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/50) — And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
- [Luke 1:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/54) — He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
- [Luke 1:58](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/58) — And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
- [Luke 1:72](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/72) — To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
- [Luke 1:78](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/1/78) — Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
- [Luke 10:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/10/37) — And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
- [Romans 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/romans/9/23) — And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
- [Romans 11:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/romans/11/31) — Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
- [Romans 15:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/romans/15/9) — And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
- [Galatians 6:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/galatians/6/16) — And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
- [Ephesians 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ephesians/2/4) — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- [1 Timothy 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-timothy/1/2) — Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
- [2 Timothy 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-timothy/1/2) — To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- [2 Timothy 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-timothy/1/16) — The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
- [2 Timothy 1:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-timothy/1/18) — The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
- [Titus 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/titus/3/5) — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
- [Hebrews 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrews/4/16) — Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
- [James 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/james/2/13) — For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
- [James 3:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/james/3/17) — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and witho…
- [1 Peter 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-peter/1/3) — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of…
- [2 John 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-john/1/3) — Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
- [Jude 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jude/1/2) — Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
- [Jude 1:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jude/1/21) — Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.