ἐλεημοσύνη

eleēmosunē

charity

Strong’s G1654Noun, feminine13 times in the New Testament (critical text)

alms9

acts of charity1

charity1

giving1

of alms1

In the text

Matthew 6:2ἐλεημοσύνην
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Luke 11:41ἐλεημοσύνην
But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
Acts 3:2ἐλεημοσύνην
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

ἐλεημοσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(ἐλεέω), [in LXX chiefly for חֶסֶד, צְדָקָה ;]

1. mercy, pity.

2. almsgiving, alms (like the German Almosen, a corruption of the Greek word ἐ): Mat.6:4; ποιεῖν ἐ., Mat.6:2-3, Act.9:36 10:2 24:17; ἐ. διδόναι, Luk.11:41 (cf. Mat.23:36; Dalman, Words, 62 f.) 12:33; αἰτεῖν, Act.3:2; λαβεῖν, Act.3:3; πρὸς (in order to ask) ἐ., Act.3:10; pl., Act.10:4, 31 (Cremer, 711).†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.