Words the Bible translates as mercy
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- eleosἔλεοςmercy: undeserved kindness toward someone in trouble, shown not as a mere feeling but as help actually given
- ḥesedחֶסֶדloyal, steadfast love: kindness freely shown to someone in real need, kept faithfully within a relationship.
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- a disgrace, a shameful thing; a reproach.
- raḥamimרַחֲמִיםdeep, tender compassion: the gut-level mercy a parent feels toward a child
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- the womb: the part of a woman's body where a child is carried
- oiktirmosοἰκτιρμόςcompassion: deep, tender mercy felt in the gut, the kind God shows his people and calls them to show one another
- teḥinnahתְּחִנָּהa humble plea for favor: an earnest request that someone in power grant grace or mercy.
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- favor shown: the grace or mercy that someone grants.
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