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mercy, merciful
Definition
"Mercy" means helping people who are in need, especially when they are in a lowly or humbled condition.
- The term "mercy" can also include the meaning of not punishing someone for something they have done wrong.
- A person is merciful when he treats someone kindly instead of harming him.
- Being merciful also means to forgive someone who has done something wrong against us.
- We show mercy when we help people who are in great need.
- God is merciful to us, and he wants us to be merciful to others.
Translation Suggestions
- To "show mercy to" or "have mercy on" could be translated as, "treat kindly" or "be compassionate toward."