Strong's G1654

ἐλεημοσύνη(eleēmosýnē)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction

Derivation

from G1656 (ἔλεος);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, ἐλεημοσύνη is translated as: alms(-deeds).

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.