Definition

compassionate

Etymology

from G3627 (οἰκτείρω);

Word family

• οἰκτείρω oikteírō

How the KJV renders it

• merciful
• of tender mercy

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.