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ἐλεημοσύνη

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ἐλεημοσύνη
Citation form	ἐλεημοσύνη, ης, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	alms-giving, charity
Strong’s	G1654
Transliteration	eleēmosýnē
Definition	compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction
KJV glosses	:--alms(-deeds).
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	13

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
ἐλεημοσύναι	noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — Acts 10:31 noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — Acts 10:4
ἐλεημοσύνας	noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Acts 10:2 noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Acts 24:17
ἐλεημοσύνη	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Matthew 6:4
ἐλεημοσύνην	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 6:2 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 6:3 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 11:41 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 12:33 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 3:10 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 3:2 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 3:3
ἐλεημοσυνῶν	noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Acts 9:36

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----APF-
noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GPF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NPF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ελεημοσυνη.