ἐλεέω
(in Ro 9:16, Ju 22, -άω, q.v.), -ῶ (< ἔλεος), [in LXX (Hex, Pss, Pr) chiefly for חָנַן, also freq. in Proph. for רָחַם, etc.;]
to have pityor mercy on, to show mercy: absol., Ro 9:1612:8; c. acc, Mt 9:2715:2217:1518:3320:30, 31, Mk 5:1910:47, 48, Lk 16:2417:1318:38, 39, Ro 9:15, 1811:32, Phl 2:27, Ju 22. Pass., to have pityor mercy shown one (EV, obtain mercy): Mt 5:7, Ro 11:30, 31, I Co 7:25, II Co 4:1, I Ti 1:13, 16, I Pe 2:10.†
SYN.: οἰκτείρω (v. Tr., Syn., § xlvii; Thayer, s.v. ἐλεέω; Cremer, 249).