# G1656 ἔλεος

ἔλεος (éleos), Strong’s G1656: compassion (human or divine, especially active) KJV: (+ tender) mercy. Occurs 330 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G1656 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*éleos* — compassion (human or divine, especially active)

KJV: (+ tender) mercy

Occurs 330 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 9:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=13) — But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but…
- [Matthew 12:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=7) — But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.
- [Matthew 23:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/23?v=23) — “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier…
- [Luke 1:50](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=50) — His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.
- [Luke 1:54](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=54) — He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
- [Luke 1:58](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=58) — Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
- [Luke 1:72](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=72) — to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
- [Luke 1:78](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=78) — because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,
- [Luke 10:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/10?v=37) — He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Yeshua said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
- [Romans 9:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/9?v=18) — So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.