憐憫(原文merciful:ἐλεήμων (1655) eleēmōn el-eh-ay-mon;ἐλεέω (1653) eleeō
el-eh-eh-o;ἔλεος (1656) eleos el-eh-os)
ἔλεος (1656) eleos:
1)- mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them
1a)- of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show ones self merciful
1b)- of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ
1c)- the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life
常與我們所見的痛苦、悲傷、煩惱相關聯,從而使得憐憫具有醫治、幫助的意思。