οἰκτιρμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< οἰκτείρω), [in LXX, usually in pl., chiefly for רַחַם;]
compassion, pity: σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ, a heart of compassion, Col 3:12; in pl. (as LXX for Heb. רַחֲמִים), οἰ. τ. θεοῦ, Ro 12:1, He 10:28; ὁ πατὴρ τῶν οἰ, II Co 1:3; σπλάγχνα κ. οἰ., Phl 2:1.†
SYN.: ἔλεος, q.v.