Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pity, compassion; in NT an act of kindness, alms, almsgiving, Mt. 6:2, 3, 4; Lk. 11:41
Translated in KJV as
alms(-deeds)
Etymology
from G1656 (ἔλεος);
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