Strong’s G1656 · Greek

ἔλεος
éleos

Definition

compassion (human or divine, especially active)

Etymology

of uncertain affinity;

How the KJV renders it

  • (+ tender) mercy

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.