Dictionaries :: Alms, Almsdeeds

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Alms, Almsdeeds:

connected with eleemon, "merciful," signifies

(a) "mercy, pity, particularly in giving alms," Mat 6:1, (see below),2, 3, 4; Act 10:2; 24:17;

(b) the benefaction itself, the "alms" (the effect for the cause), Luk 11:41; 12:33; Act 3:2, 3, 10; 9:36, "almsdeeds;" Act 10:2, 4, 31.

Note: In Mat 6:1, the RV, translating dikaiosune, according to the most authentic texts, has "righteousness," for AV, "alms."