Oiktirmos οἰκτιρμός

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Oiktirmos
οἰκτιρμός
Transliterationoiktirmos
Strong's numberG3628
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosscompassion
Occurrences5 in 5 verses
Most frequent inRomans (1)

Oiktirmos (Greek οἰκτιρμός, Strong's G3628) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “compassion”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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.†
SYN.: ἔλεος, q.v (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmercies (4), mercy (1)
BSBcompassion (3), mercy (2)

Verses

Every verse with Oiktirmos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Romans

2 Corinthians

Philippians

Colossians

Hebrews

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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