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Koine Greek wordlink #137070

SR GNT 1 Tim 1:16 ἠλεήθην (aʸleaʸthaʸn) ‘but because_of this I was shown_mercy in_order_that in me’ Strongs=16530 Lemma=eleeō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=passive person=1st number=singular
Year=65 AD Refers to Word #136835 Person=Paul

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἠλεήθην (V-IAP1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἠλεήθην’ (V-IAP1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I was shown_mercy’.

1 Tim 1:13 ‘and an abuser but I was shown_mercy because not_knowing I did it’ SR GNT 1 Tim 1:13 word 12

OET-LV: 13 the earlier being a_slanderous, and a_persecutor, and an_abuser, but I _was _shown _mercy, because not _knowing, I _did it in unbelief. (TI1_1:13)

OET-RV: 13 even though I used to be a slanderer and persecutor and abuser, but I was shown mercy because I did it in unbelief due to my ignorance. (TI1 1:13)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eleeō’ have 17 different glosses: ‘having_been shown_mercy’, ‘may_be shown_mercy’, ‘to show_mercy’, ‘will_be_being shown_mercy’, ‘I may_be showing_mercy’, ‘I was shown_mercy’, ‘I will_be showing_mercy’, ‘he is showing_mercy’, ‘he may show_mercy’, ‘he showed_mercy’, ‘of being_merciful’, ‘we were shown_mercy’, ‘you_all were shown_mercy’, ‘show_mercy’, ‘showed_mercy_to’, ‘showing_mercy’, ‘shown_mercy’.

Greek words (8) other than ἠλεήθην (V-IAP1··S) with a gloss related to ‘shown_mercy’

MAT 5:7 ἐλεηθήσονται (eleaʸthaʸsontai) V-IFP3··P ‘merciful because they will_be_being shown_mercy’ SR GNT Mat 5:7 word 6

OET-LV: 7 Blessed are the merciful, because they will _be _being _shown _mercy. (MAT_5:7)

OET-RV: 7 “Those who are merciful are blessed, because they will receive mercy. (MAT 5:7)

MAT 18:33 ἠλέησα (aʸleaʸsa) V-IAA1··S ‘as also_I to you shown_mercy’ SR GNT Mat 18:33 word 15

OET-LV: 33 Not was _it _fitting you also to _show _mercy to _the fellow-slave of _you, as also _I shown _mercy to _you? (MAT_18:33)

OET-RV: 33 Wouldn’t it have been reasonable for you also to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave just like I was merciful to you?’ (MAT 18:33)

ROM 11:30 ἠλεήθητε (aʸleaʸthaʸte) V-IAP2··P ‘in god now but you_all were shown_mercy by the of these disbelief’ SR GNT Rom 11:30 word 13

OET-LV: 30 For/Because as you _all once disbelieved the in_god, but now you _all _were _shown _mercy by _the of _these disbelief, (ROM_11:30)

OET-RV: 30 You non-Jews didn’t originally believe in God, but now you’ve all been shown mercy because of the disbelief of these Jews. (ROM 11:30)

ROM 11:31 ἐλεηθῶσιν (eleaʸthōsin) V-SAP3··P ‘also they now may_be shown_mercy’ SR GNT Rom 11:31 word 13

OET-LV: 31 thus also these now disbelieved which in _your mercy, in _order _that also they now may _be _shown _mercy. (ROM_11:31)

OET-RV: 31 Those Jews disbelieved so that as you receive mercy, they may also now be shown mercy, (ROM 11:31)

1 COR 7:25 ἠλεημένος (aʸleaʸmenos) V-PEP·NMS ‘but I am giving as having_been shown_mercy by the master trustworthy’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:25 word 13

OET-LV: 25 And concerning the virgins, a_command of_the_master not I _am _having, but opinion I _am _giving, as having _been _shown _mercy by the_master, trustworthy to _be. (CO1_7:25)

OET-RV: 25 Now concerning unmarried women, I don’t have instructions from Yahweh but I’ll give my opinions as someone who’s trustworthy thanks to Yahweh’s mercy. (CO1 7:25)

2 COR 4:1 ἠλεήθημεν (aʸleaʸthaʸmen) V-IAP1··P ‘service this as we were shown_mercy not we are losing_heart’ SR GNT 2 Cor 4:1 word 8

OET-LV: 4 Because _of this having the service this, as we _were _shown _mercy, not we _are _losing _heart. (CO2_4:1)

OET-RV: 4 So because we have this ministry as a result of God’s mercy, we’re not discouraged (CO2 4:1)

1 PET 2:10 ἠλεημένοι (aʸleaʸmenoi) V-PEP·NMP ‘of god the ones not having_been shown_mercy now and having_been shown_mercy’ SR GNT 1 Pet 2:10 word 12

OET-LV: 10 who once were not a_people, but now are the_people of_god, the ones not having _been _shown _mercy, and now having _been _shown _mercy. (PE1_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 Previously you all weren’t a people group, but now you’re the people of God—previously you all hadn’t been shown mercy, but now you have been. (PE1 2:10)

1 PET 2:10 ἐλεηθέντες (eleaʸthentes) V-PAP·NMP ‘having_been shown_mercy now and having_been shown_mercy’ SR GNT 1 Pet 2:10 word 15

OET-LV: 10 who once were not a_people, but now are the_people of_god, the ones not having _been _shown _mercy, and now having _been _shown _mercy. (PE1_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 Previously you all weren’t a people group, but now you’re the people of God—previously you all hadn’t been shown mercy, but now you have been. (PE1 2:10)

Key: V=verb