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Greek

4184. polusplagchnos -- very compassionate
... very compassionate. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: polusplagchnos Phonetic
Spelling: (pol-oo'-splankh-nos) Short Definition: very compassionate ...
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2155. eusplagchnos -- tenderhearted, compassionate
... tenderhearted, compassionate. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: eusplagchnos
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo'-splangkh-nos) Short Definition: tender-hearted ...
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3629. oiktirmon -- merciful
... merciful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: oiktirmon Phonetic Spelling:
(oyk-tir'-mone) Short Definition: compassionate, merciful Definition ...
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4835. sumpathes -- sympathetic
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: sumpathes Phonetic Spelling:
(soom-path-ace') Short Definition: sympathizing, compassionate Definition: sympathizing ...
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1655. eleemon -- merciful
... Transliteration: eleemon Phonetic Spelling: (el-eh-ay'-mone) Short Definition: full
of pity, merciful Definition: full of pity, merciful, compassionate. ...
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1653. eleeo -- to have pity or mercy on, to show mercy
... From eleos; to compassionate (by word or deed, specially, by divine grace) -- have
compassion (pity on), have (obtain, receive, shew) mercy (on). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7362. rachamani -- compassionate
... 7361, 7362. rachamani. 7363 . compassionate. Transliteration: rachamani Phonetic
Spelling: (rakh-maw-nee') Short Definition: compassionate. ...
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7349. rachum -- compassionate
... 7348b, 7349. rachum. 7350 . compassionate. Transliteration: rachum Phonetic
Spelling: (rakh-oom') Short Definition: compassionate. ...
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3395. Yerocham -- "may He be compassionate," the name of several ...
... "may He be compassionate," the name of several Israelites. Transliteration: Yerocham
Phonetic Spelling: (yer-o-khawm') Short Definition: Jeroham. ...
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5167. Nachamani -- "compassionate," an Israelite of Nehemiah's ...
... Nachamani. 5168 . "compassionate," an Israelite of Nehemiah's time. Transliteration:
Nachamani Phonetic Spelling: (nakh-am-aw-nee') Short Definition: Nahamani ...
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7355. racham -- to love, have compassion
... Word Origin denominative verb from racham Definition to love, have compassion NASB
Word Usage compassion (1), compassionate (1), find compassion (1), finds ...
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2347. chus -- to pity, look upon with compassion
... pity, regard, spare. A primitive root; properly, to cover, ie (figuratively) to
compassionate -- pity, regard, spare. 2346, 2347. chus. 2348 . ...
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8159. shaah -- to gaze
... A primitive root; to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect,
consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement ...
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3396. Yerachmeel -- "may God have compassion," an Israelite name
... Jerahmeel. From racham and 'el; God will compassionate; Jerachmeel, the name of
three Israelites -- Jerahmeel. see HEBREW racham. see HEBREW 'el. 3395, 3396. ...
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Library

Our Compassionate High Priest
... Our Compassionate High Priest. A Sermon ... Come to this compassionate High Priest, and
trust your case in his dear hands; they were pieced because of your sin. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/our compassionate high priest.htm

Disobedient Compassion and Compassionate Disobedience Reprobated. ...
... Book II. Chapter 17."Disobedient Compassion and Compassionate Disobedience
Reprobated. Martyrdom in Lieu of Baptism. The new-fangled ...
/.../anti-pelagian writings/chapter 17 disobedient compassion and compassionate.htm

On Doing Good to the Body of Our Neighbor.
... 53. Hence those who seasonably and wisely supply all the things required for warding
off these evils and distresses are called compassionate, although they may ...
/.../chapter 27 name doing good.htm

The Service Common to the Festivals of the Holy virgin.
... art our strength and stablishment and Thy Son our God is the God-becoming delight,
Whom adoring we say: Jesu all-powerful, save our souls as Compassionate One! ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter ii the service common.htm

What is Philanthropy.
... think, then, that even the stranger-receiver was philanthropic, who did good to
a stranger whom she did not know?" Then Peter said, "Compassionate, indeed, I ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxvi what is philanthropy.htm

Prayer Born of Compassion
... heart. Prayer belongs to the compassionate man. There ... them. Just in so far as we
are compassionate will we be prayerful for others. Compassion ...
/.../bounds/the essentials of prayer/x prayer born of compassion.htm

Christ Our Advocate
... 4. He must be the compassionate friend of the sinner"not of his sins, but
of the sinner himself. This distinction is very plain. ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/xvii christ our advocate.htm

Upon Compassion.
... When we rejoice in the prosperity of others, and compassionate their distresses,
we as it were substitute them for ourselves, their interest for our own; and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon v upon compassion.htm

The General Service to Saints Andrew of Constantinople, Isidore of ...
... With compassionate soul, pure thoughts, valiant heart, undoubting faith and love
truly impartial art thou gone from the earth into heaven and dost find thy ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xxvii the general service.htm

Jesus at the Bier
... We have Him here revealed to us as the compassionate Drier of all tears; the
life-giving Antagonist of death; and as the Re-uniter of parted hearts. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

2. (a.) Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable.

3. (v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

Thesaurus

Compassionate (22 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Compassionate (22 Occurrences). Matthew 5:7 "Blessed
are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion. (WEY). ...
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Mercy (467 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one
has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or ...
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Pity (165 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate;
to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a ...
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Merciful (53 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling
to punish. 2. (a.) Unwilling to give pain; compassionate. Int. ...
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Tender (66 Occurrences)
... 12. (superl.) Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness;
compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity ...
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Compassion (145 Occurrences)
... etc.; sumpatheo (Hebrews 10:34), "to suffer with (another)"; sumpathes (1 Peter
3:8, the Revised Version (British and American) "compassionate," margin, Greek ...
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Compassions (17 Occurrences)

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Nahamani (1 Occurrence)
... na-ha-ma'-ni, na-ham'-a-ni (nachamani "compassionate"): One of the twelve heads
who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:7). The name is wanting in the ...
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Unity (9 Occurrences)
... NIV). 1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as
brothers, tenderhearted, courteous, (See RSV). 2 Chronicles ...
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Jeroham (11 Occurrences)
... je-ro'-ham (yerocham, "may he be compassionate!"): (1) An Ephraimite, the father
of Elkanah, and grandfather of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1 1 Chronicles 6:27, 34 ...
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Bible Concordance

Compassionate (22 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion.
(WEY)

Luke 6:36 Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.
(WEY)

Ephesians 4:32 and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
(DBY NIV)

Hebrews 2:17 And for this purpose it was necessary that in all respects He should be made to resemble His brothers, so that He might become a compassionate and faithful High Priest in things relating to God, in order to atone for the sins of the people.
(WEY)

James 5:11 lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.
(YLT RSV)

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
(WEB ASV YLT NIV)

Exodus 22:27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
(See RSV NIV)

Exodus 34:6 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, "Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:31 for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 30:9 For if ye turn back unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come back into this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him.'
(See NAS NIV)

Nehemiah 9:17 and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest them not.
(See NAS NIV)

Nehemiah 9:31 Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.
(See NAS)

Psalms 78:38 But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath.
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 86:15 But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
(See NIV)

Psalms 103:8 The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
(See NAS NIV)

Psalms 111:4 He hath made a memorial for His wonderful works; the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
(See NAS NIV)

Psalms 112:4 Unto the upright He shineth as a light in the darkness, gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
(See NAS NIV)

Psalms 116:5 Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.
(See JPS NAS)

Psalms 145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
(See NIV)

Lamentations 4:10 The hands of women full of compassion have sodden their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 2:13 and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Jonah 4:2 And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Compassionate

Related Terms

Mercy (467 Occurrences)

Pity (165 Occurrences)

Merciful (53 Occurrences)

Tender (66 Occurrences)

Compassion (145 Occurrences)

Compassions (17 Occurrences)

Nahamani (1 Occurrence)

Unity (9 Occurrences)

Jeroham (11 Occurrences)