{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G1655",
  "lemma": "ἐλεήμων",
  "transliteration": "eleḗmōn",
  "definition": "compassionate (actively)",
  "kjv": "merciful",
  "occurrences": 30,
  "language": "Greek",
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    {
      "id": "G1653",
      "lemma": "ἐλεέω",
      "transliteration": "eleéō",
      "meaning": "to compassionate",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 5:7",
      "text": "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hebrews 2:17",
      "text": "Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/2?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Tobit 6:17",
      "text": "The demon will smell it, and flee away, and never come again any more. But when you go near to her, both of you rise…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/6?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Tobit 7:12",
      "text": "Raguel said, “Take her to yourself from now on according to custom. You are her relative, and she is yours. The…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/7?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 2:11",
      "text": "For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/2?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 48:20",
      "text": "But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading out their hands to him. The Holy One quickly heard them out of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/48?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 50:19",
      "text": "And the people implored the Lord Most High, in prayer before him who is merciful, until the worship of the Lord was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/50?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 1:24",
      "text": "The prayer was like this: “O Lord, Lord God, the Creator of all things, you are awesome, strong, righteous, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/1?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 8:29",
      "text": "When they had accomplished these things and had made a common supplication, they implored the merciful Lord to be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/8?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 11:9",
      "text": "They all together praised the merciful God, and were yet more strengthened in heart, being ready to assail not only men…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/11?v=9"
    }
  ],
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