Dictionary entry

G04774

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

συγγνώμη

I. "acknowledgment, confession", συγγνώμην ἔχειν, ὅτι.. to acknowledge that.., Hdt.

II. "a fellow-feeling with" another, "a lenient judgment, allowance", Ar., NTest.

2. "pardon, forgiveness", συγγνώμην ἔχειν "to pardon", τινί Hdt., attic; τινός for a thing, Hdt., attic:—opp. to συγγνώμης τυγχάνειν, to obtain "forgiveness", Xen., etc.; ξυγγνώμην λήψονται, will be pardoned, Thuc.

3. of acts, συγγνώμην ἔχει admit of "excuse", are excusable, Soph.; ἔχειν τι ξυγγνώμης Thuc.