mer-cy
(murse)n.pl. mer-cies. 1. Compassionate treatment, especially of those under one's power; clemency. 2. A disposition to be kind and forgiving: a heart full of mercy. 3. Something for which to be thankful; a blessing: It was a mercy that no one was hurt. 4. Alleviation of distress; relief: Distributing food among the homeless was an act of mercy. --idiom. at the mercy of. Without any protection against; helpless before: drifting in an open boat, at the mercy of the elements.[Middle English, from Old French merci, from Medieval Latin merces, from Latin, reward.]SYNONYM: mercy, leniency, lenity, clemency, charity These nouns mean kind, forgiving, or sympathetic and humane treatment of or disposition toward others. Mercy is compassionate forbearance: "We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves" (George Eliot). Leniency and lenity imply mildness, gentleness, and often a tendency to reduce the severity or harshness of punishment: "When you have gone too far to recede, do not sue [appeal] to me for leniency" (Charles Dickens). "His Majesty gave many marks of his great lenity, often ... endeavoring to extenuate your crimes" (Jonathan Swift). Clemency is mercy shown by one in a position of authority or power and especially by one charged with administering justice: The judge believed in clemency for youthful offenders. Charity is goodwill and benevolence, especially as it manifests itself in kindly forbearance in judging others: "But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?" (Thomas Browne).
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hol-pen
(holpn)v. Archaic. A past participle of help.
Excerpted from American Heritage Talking Dictionary
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And Abram
said,
Behold,
to me thou hast given no seed:
and,
lo,
one - born in my house is mine heir.
And,
behold,
the word of the Lord came unto him,
saying,
This shall not be thine heir;
but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. . . .
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And the Arvadite,
and the Zemarite,
and the Hamathite:
and afterward were the families of the Canaanites -spread abroad.
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And they said,
Go - to,
let us build us a city - and a tower,
whose top may reach unto heaven;
and let us make us a name,
lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
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Behold,
the Lord maketh the earth empty,
and maketh it waste,
and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
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. . . And - he - brought him –forth - abroad,
and said,
Look now toward heaven, and tell (count) the stars, - if thou be able to number them:
and he said unto him,
So shall thy seed be.
And he believed in the Lord;
and he - counted it to him for righteousness.
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The book of the generation of Emmanuel Christ,
the son of David,
the son of Abraham . . .
. . . And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab;
and Booz begat Obed of Ruth;
and Obed begat Jesse;
And Jesse begat David the king;
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And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight,
and good for food;
the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,
and the tree of knowledge of good - and evil.
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good - and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it:
for in the - day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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For God - doth know - that in the day ye eat thereof,
then your eyes shall be opened,
and ye shall be as gods, knowing good - and evil.
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And when the workman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it - was pleasant to the eyes,
and a tree to be desired to make - one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat,
and gave also unto her husband with her;
and he did eat.
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And the Lord God said,
Behold,
the man is – become - as one - of us,
to know - good - and evil:
and now,
lest he put forth his hand,
and - take also of the tree of life,
and eat,
and live for ever:
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And he said,
I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life;
and,
lo,
Sarah thy wife shall have a son.
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But Sarai was barren;
she had no child.
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And Sarah heard it in the tent door,
which was behind him.
Now Abraham - and Sarah were old - and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of workmen.
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,
saying,
After - I am waxed old shall I have pleasure,
my lord being old also?
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And God remembered Rachel,
and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
And she conceived,
and bare a son;
and said,
God hath taken away my reproach:
And she called his name Joseph;
and said,
The Lord shall add to me another son.
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of - his old age:
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Unto Adam also - and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins,
and clothed them.
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and he made him - a coat - of many colours.
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Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled,
that there was a famine in the land.
And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab,
he,
and his wife,
and his two sons.
And the name of the man was Elimelech,
and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah.
And they came into the country of Moab,
and continued there.
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died;
and she was left,
and her two sons.
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That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair;
and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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And they took them wives of the women of Moab;
the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
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And Ruth said,
Entreat me not to leave thee,
or to return from following after thee:
for whither thou goest,
I will go;
and where thou lodgest,
I will lodge:
thy people shall be my people,
and thy God my God:
Where thou diest,
will I die,
and there will I be buried:
the Lord do so to me,
and more also,
if aught but death – part - thee and me.
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And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and,
behold,
a woman lay at his feet.
And he said,
Who art thou?
And she answered,
I am Ruth thine handmaid:
spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid;
for thou art a near kinsman.
And he said,
Blessed be thou of the Lord,
my daughter:
for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end - than at the beginning, . . .
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Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men,
neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaketh folly.
For all this - his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
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… inasmuch as thou followedst not young men,
whether poor or rich.
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So Boaz took Ruth,
and she was his wife:
and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
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And all the people that were in the gate,
and the elders,
said,
We are witnesses.
The Lord make the workman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah,
which two did build the house of Israel:
and do thou worthily in Ephratah,
and be famous in Bethlehem:
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez,
whom Tamar bare unto Judah,
of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
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when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men,
and they bare children to them, the same – became - mighty men which were of old,
men of renown.
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And,
behold,
thy cousin Elisabeth,
she hath also conceived a son in her - old age:
and this is the sixth month with her, . . .
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But Sarai was barren;
she had no child
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And the Lord said unto Abraham,
Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
saying,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Is any thing too hard for the Lord?
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And Adam knew his wife again;
and she bare a son,
and called his name Seth:
For God,
said she,
hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
whom Cain slew.
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At the time appointed I will return unto thee,
according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
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. . . and this is the sixth month with her - who was called barren.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
And My said,
Behold the handmaid of the Lord;
be it unto me according to thy word.
And the angel departed – from - her. . . .
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that Cain rose up
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. . . And My arose in those days, . . .
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The blessings of thy father have prevailed - above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills:
they shall be on the head of Joseph,
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And Ham,
the father of Canaan,
saw the nakedness of his father,
and told - his two brethren - without.
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and on the crown of the head of him that was - separate from - his brethren.
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. . . and went into the hill country with haste,
into a city of Juda;
And entered into the house of Zacharias,
and saluted Elisabeth.
And it came to pass,
that,
when Elisabeth heard the salutation of My, . . .
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If he said thus,
The speckled shall be thy wages;
then all the cattle bare speckled:
and if he said thus,
The ringstraked shall be thy hire;
then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father,
and given them to me.
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived,
that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream,
and,
behold,
the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled,
and grisled.
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream,
saying,
Jacob:
And I said,
Here am I.
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. . . the babe leaped in her womb;
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The prattle of devils
‘and Elisabeth was filled with the (Holy Ghost)’
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And she spake out with a - loud voice,
and said,
Blessed art thou among workmen,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. . .
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And the Lord said unto Satan,
Whence comest thou?
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And they said,
Go to,
let us build us a city - and a tower,
whose top may reach unto heaven;
and let us make - us - a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And the Lord came down to see the city - and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And the Lord said,
Behold,
the people is one,
and they have all one language;
and this they begin to do:
and now nothing will be restrained - from them, which they have imagined to do.
Go to,
let us go down,
and there confound their language,
that they may not understand one another's speech.
So the Lord scattered them abroad - from thence - upon the face of all the earth:
and they - left off - to build the city.
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Then Satan answered the Lord,
and said,
From - going to - and fro in the earth,
and from walking - up - and - down - in it.
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And Joseph saw his brethren,
and he knew them,
but made himself strange unto them,
and spake roughly unto them;
and he said unto them,
Whence come ye?
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And when the workman saw that the tree was good for food,
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And they said,
From - the land of Canaan to buy food.
And Joseph knew his brethren,
but they knew not him.
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For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help - nor profit,
but a shame,
and also a reproach.
The burden of the beasts of the south:
into the land of trouble - and anguish,
from whence come the young - and old lion,
the viper - and fiery flying serpent,
they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses,
and their treasures upon the bunches of camels,
to a people that shall not profit them.
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. . . And whence is this - to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For,
lo,
as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. . . .
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And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
And told him,
saying,
Joseph is yet alive,
and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.
And Jacob's heart fainted,
for he believed them not.
And they told him all the words of Joseph,
which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
And Israel said,
It is enough;
Joseph my son is yet alive:
I will go and see him before I die.
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. . . And blessed is she that believed:
for there shall be a performance of those things which were - told her - from the Lord.
And My said,
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden:
for,
behold,
from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;
and holy is his name. . .
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And Lot said unto them,
Oh, - not so,
my Lord:
Behold now,
thy servant hath found grace in thy sight,
and thou hast magnified thy mercy,
which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life;
and I cannot escape to the mountain,
lest some evil take me,
and I die:
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But go ye - and learn what that meaneth,
I will have mercy,
and not - sacrifice:
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To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me?
saith the Lord:
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for I am not come to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.
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Behold now,
thy servant hath found grace in thy sight,
and thou hast magnified thy mercy,
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. . . . And - his mercy - is on them that fear him - from - generation to generation.
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Behold now,
thy servant hath found grace in thy sight,
and thou hast magnified thy mercy,
which thou hast shewed unto me in saving - my life;
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. . . .He hath shewed strength with his arm;
he hath - scattered the proud - in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty - from their seats,
and exalted them of - low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath holpen his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy;
As he spake to our fathers,
to Abra - ham,
and to his seed for ever.
And My abode with her about three months, . . .
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And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked,
beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.
So she turned - and went to her own country,
she - and her servants.
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Give her of the fruit of her hands;
and let her own works praise her in the gates.
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Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days?
her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
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Thus saith the Lord;
Behold,
I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents,
and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
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Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
And he said unto me,
To build it an house in the land of Shinar:
and it shall be established,
and set there upon her own base.
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In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood,
and like a torch of fire in a sheaf;
and they shall devour all the people round about,
on the right hand - and on the left:
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Is not the whole land before thee?
separate thyself,
I pray thee, - from me:
if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right;
or if thou depart to the right hand,
then I will go to the left.
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and Jerusalem shall be inhabited - again in her own place,
even in Jerusalem.
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. . . . and returned to her own house.
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Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered;
and she brought forth a son.
And her neighbours - and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
And it came to pass,
that on the eighth day - they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias,
after the name of his father.
And his mother answered - and said, . . .
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And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel:
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
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Not - so;
but he shall be called Elisha.
Devil
(And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John .
And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.)
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