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ἐλεημοσύνη

Transliteration: eleemosune · noun

13x in NTFirst: Matt 6:2
Meaningalms-giving, charity
Part of speechnoun
Frequency13x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἐλεημοσύνην, ἐλεημοσύνη, ἐλεημοσυνῶν, ἐλεημοσύνας, ἐλεημοσύναι
Example versesMatt 6:2 · Matt 6:3 · Matt 6:4 · Luke 11:41 · Luke 12:33
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What kind of word is ἐλεημοσύνη?

ἐλεημοσύνη (eleemosune) is a noun that occurs 13 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “alms-giving, charity” and first appears in Matt 6:2.

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