Matthew 5:7

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Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.	Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.	Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Blessed^G3107 are the merciful^G1655: for^G3754 they^G846 shall obtain mercy^G1653.

Original Greek

Μακάριοι οἱ ἐλεήμονες· ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐλεηθήσονται.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
Μακάριοι	Makarioi	G3107	A-NPM	Blessed
οἱ	hoi	G3588	T-NPM	the
ἐλεήμονες·	eleēmones	G1655	A-NPM	merciful
ὅτι	hoti	G3754	CONJ	for
αὐτοὶ	autoi	G846	P-NPM	they
ἐλεηθήσονται.	eleēthēsontai	G1653	V-FPI-3P	shall obtain mercy

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
G1653 — ἐλεέω (eleéō, el-eh-eh'-o): I pity, have mercy on — from ἔλεος; to compassionate (by word or deed, specially, by divine grace):--have compassion (pity on), have (obtain, receive, shew) mercy (on).
G1655 — ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, el-eh-ay'-mone): full of pity, merciful — from ἐλεέω; compassionate (actively):--merciful.
G3107 — μακάριος (makários, mak-ar'-ee-os): happy, blessed — a prolonged form of the poetical (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off:-- blessed, happy(X -ier).
G3754 — ὅτι (hóti, hot'-ee): that, since, because — neuter of ὅστις as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

are — 2 Samuel 22:26, Job 31:16-22, Psalms 18:25, Psalms 37:26, Psalms 41:1-4, Psalms 112:4, Psalms 112:9, Proverbs 11:17, Proverbs 14:21, Proverbs 19:17, Isaiah 57:1, Isaiah 58:6-12, Daniel 4:27, Micah 6:8, Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 18:33-35, Mark 11:25, Luke 6:35, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 5:1, Colossians 3:12, James 3:17
for — Hosea 1:6, Hosea 2:1, Hosea 2:23, Romans 11:30, 1 Corinthians 7:25, 2 Corinthians 4:1, 1 Timothy 1:13, 1 Timothy 1:16, 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews 6:10, James 2:13, 1 Peter 2:10

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: BEATITUDES OF CHRIST, MERCIFULNESS-UNMERCIFULNESS, PROMISES TO THE MERCIFUL AND BENEVOLENT, SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Torrey’s: BLESSED, THE, CHARACTER OF SAINTS, CONDUCT, CHRISTIAN, HAPPINESS OF SAINTS IN THIS LIFE, MERCY
Nave’s: CHARACTER, FORGIVENESS, GRACES, HAPPINESS, INSTRUCTION, KINDNESS, MERCY, READINGS, SELECT, RELIGION, RIGHTEOUS

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