Eleeinos ἐλεεινός
From God's Wiki, the Bible topic encyclopedia
| ἐλεεινός | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | eleeinos |
| Strong's number | G1652 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | pitiful |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Corinthians (1) |
Eleeinos (Greek ἐλεεινός, Strong's G1652) is a Greek adjective meaning “pitiful”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ἐλεεινός, -ή, -όν
(ἔλεος in Re, l.with, WH have the Attic poëtic form, ἐλεινός),
pitiable, miserable: Rev.3:17; comparat., 1Co.15:19.†
(AS)
(ἔλεος in Re, l.with, WH have the Attic poëtic form, ἐλεινός),
pitiable, miserable: Rev.3:17; comparat., 1Co.15:19.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | miserable (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | be pitied more (1), pitiful (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Eleeinos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians 15:19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
Revelation
- Revelation 3:17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).