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And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Read in context →For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Read in context →18 occurrences in 16 verses.
Browse those occurrences →This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
chânan · khaw-nan'
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Strong's KJV usage: beseech, × fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, × very.
Strong's first: Psalms 26:11Strong's last: Psalms 119:132
Open full H2603 profile →rachûwm · rakh-oom'
compassionate
Strong's KJV usage: full of compassion, merciful.
Strong's first: Exodus 34:6Strong's last: Jonah 4:2
Open full H7349 profile →cheçed · kheh'-sed
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Strong's KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 20:31Strong's last: Isaiah 57:1
Open full H2617 profile →châçîyd · khaw-seed'
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
Strong's KJV usage: godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-) godly.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:26Strong's last: Jeremiah 3:12
Open full H2623 profile →eleḗmōn · el-eh-ay'-mone
compassionate (actively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--merciful.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:7Strong's last: Hebrews 2:17
Open full G1655 profile →oiktírmōn · oyk-tir'-mone
compassionate
Strong's KJV usage: :--merciful, of tender mercy.
Strong's first: Luke 6:36Strong's last: Luke 6:36
Open full G3629 profile →châçad · khaw-sad'
properly, perhaps to bow (the neck only [compare 2603] in courtesy to an equal), i.e. to be kind; also (by euphemistically [compare 1288], but rarely) to reprove
Strong's KJV usage: shew self merciful, put to shame.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:26Strong's last: Psalms 18:25
Open full H2616 profile →kâphar · kaw-far'
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
Strong's KJV usage: appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 21:8Strong's last: Deuteronomy 32:43
Open full H3722 profile →hiláskomai · hil-as'-kom-ahee
to conciliate, i.e. (transitively) to atone for (sin), or (intransitively) be propitious
Strong's KJV usage: :--be merciful, make reconciliation for.
Strong's first: Luke 18:13Strong's last: Luke 18:13
Open full G2433 profile →híleōs · hil'-eh-oce
cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it
Strong's KJV usage: :--be it far, merciful.
Strong's first: Hebrews 8:12Strong's last: Hebrews 8:12
Open full G2436 profile →chemlâh · khem-law'
commiseration
Strong's KJV usage: merciful, pity.
Strong's first: Genesis 19:16Strong's last: Genesis 19:16
Open full H2551 profile →râcham · raw-kham'
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
Strong's KJV usage: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, × surely.
Strong's first: Psalms 116:5Strong's last: Psalms 116:5
Open full H7355 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
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MER'CIFUL, adjective [from mercy.] Having or exercising mercy; compassionate; tender; disposed to pity offenders and to forgive their offenses; unwilling to punish for injuries; applied appropriately to the Supreme being.
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus 34:6.
1. Compassionate; tender; unwilling to give pain; not cruel. A merciful man will be merciful to his beast.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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