ἐλεημοσύνη eleēmosunē

Greek word for “charity” · Strong’s G1654 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

ἐλεημοσύνη, -ης, ἡ; (ἐλεέω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for eleēmosunē in context, with how often each is used:

• alms 10
• acts of charity 1
• charity 1
• giving 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 6 (3), Acts 3 (3), Acts 10 (3), Luke 11 (1), Luke 12 (1), Acts 9 (1), Acts 24 (1)

Forms

• ἐλεημοσύνην 7
• ἐλεημοσύνας 2
• ἐλεημοσύναι 2
• ἐλεημοσύνη 1
• ἐλεημοσυνῶν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eleēmosunē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὡραῖος hōraios “Beautiful” 2
• ἱερόν hieros “temple” 3
• προσευχή proseuchē “prayer” 2
• ἔμπροσθεν emprosthen “before” 2
• ὅπως hopōs “that” 2
• ὑπάρχω huparchō “be already” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2

Key verses

The verses using eleēmosunē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:2 — Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory…
• Matthew 6:3 — But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
• Matthew 6:4 — That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
• Luke 11:41 — But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
• Luke 12:33 — Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither…
• Acts 3:2 — And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that…
• Acts 3:10 — And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened…
• Acts 9:36 — Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she…
• Acts 10:2 — A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
• Acts 10:4 — And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
• Acts 10:31 — And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
• Acts 24:17 — Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.