οἰκτιρμός, -οῦ, ὁ

(οἰκτείρω), [in LXX, usually in pl. chiefly for רַחַם ;]

compassion, pity. σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ, a heart of compassion, Col.3:12; in pl. (as LXX for Heb. רַחַם), οἰ. τ. θεοῦ, Rom.12:1, Heb.10:28; ό πατὴρ τῶν οἰ, 2Co.1:3; σπλάγχνα κ. οἰ. Php.2:1.†

SYN.: ἔλεος, q.v (AS)

compassion; pity; a heart of compassion