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Nave Topical Bible
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Scofield Reference Index
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Thompson Chain Reference
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The Topic Concordance
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
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Torrey Topical Textbook
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• Mercy of God, the
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
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Charles Buck Dictionary
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Chabad Knowledge Base
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CARM Theological Dictionary
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Mercy: Seen in Our Lives
• Mercy: Its Effect On the Soul
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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• Society of the Priests of Mercy of the Immaculate
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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• Merciful, Mercy
• Compassion, Merciful
Whyte's Bible Characters
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Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau
• Franz, Freiherr von Mercy
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Bell, Ann Mercy
• Clemency (or Mercy)
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
• Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• ܚܰܢ
• ܚܢܳܢܳܐ
• ܡܪܰܚܡܳܢܳܐ
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Berry's NT Synonyms
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Girdleston's OT Synonyms
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• ἀνέλεος , ἀνίλεως
• ἐλεέω , ἐλεάω
• ἐλεήμων
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• חָמַל , חֻמְלָה
• חֶמְלָה
• חָנַן , חָנַן
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MER'CIFUL, a. from mercy. Having or exercising mercy compassionate tender disposed to pity offenders and to forgive their offenses unwilling to punish for injuries applied appropriately to the Supreme being.

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus 34

1. Compassionate tender unwilling to give pain not cruel. A merciful man will be merciful to his beast.