Original Word: οἰκτιρμός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: oiktirmos
Phonetic Spelling: (oyk-tir-mos')
Short Definition: pity, compassion
Definition: pity, compassion, favor, grace, mercy.

3628 oiktirmós – properly, compassion (pity), i.e. deep feeling about someone's difficulty or misfortune (TDNT, 1:159).

3628 /oiktirmós ("visceral compassions") is used of the deep feelings God has for all of us, and powerfully shows and shares in those following Him.

STRONGS NT 3628: οἰκτιρμός

οἰκτιρμός, οἰκτιρμοῦ, ὁ (οἰκτείρω), the Sept. for רַחֲמִים) (the viscera, which were thought to be the seat of compassion (see σπλάγχνον, b.)), compassion, pity, mercy: σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ (Rec. οἰκτίρμων), bowels in which compassion resides, a heart of compassion, Colossians 3:12; in the Scriptures mostly plural (conformably to the Hebrew רַחֲמִים), emotions, longings, manifestations of pity (English compassions) (cf. Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, iii., pp. 5ff; (Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 77 (61))), τοῦ Θεοῦ, Romans 12:1; Hebrews 10:28; ὁ πατήρ τῶν οἰκτίρμων (genitive of quality (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 10; Winer's Grammar, 237 (222))), the father of mercies i. e. most merciful, 2 Corinthians 1:3; joined with σπλάγχνα, Philippians 2:1. (Pindar, Pythagoras 1, 164.) (Synonym: see ἐληω, at the end.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

mercy.

From oikteiro; pity -- mercy.

see GREEK oikteiro

Forms and Transliterations

οικτιρμοι οικτιρμοί οἰκτιρμοί οικτιρμοίς οικτιρμόν οικτιρμου οικτιρμού οἰκτιρμοῦ οικτιρμούς οικτιρμώ οικτιρμων οικτιρμών οἰκτιρμῶν oiktirmoi oiktirmoí oiktirmon oiktirmôn oiktirmōn oiktirmō̂n oiktirmou oiktirmoû

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