{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G1656",
  "lemma": "ἔλεος",
  "transliteration": "éleos",
  "definition": "compassion (human or divine, especially active)",
  "kjv": "(+ tender) mercy",
  "occurrences": 330,
  "language": "Greek",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 9:13",
      "text": "But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 12:7",
      "text": "But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 23:23",
      "text": "“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/23?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 1:50",
      "text": "His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=50"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 1:54",
      "text": "He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=54"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 1:58",
      "text": "Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=58"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 1:72",
      "text": "to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=72"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 1:78",
      "text": "because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=78"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 10:37",
      "text": "He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Yeshua said to him, “Go and do likewise.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/10?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 9:18",
      "text": "So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/9?v=18"
    }
  ],
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