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Question: What are alms?

eleemosune: Kindness, kind act (Young,28)

Ardnt: pity, kind deed, then specif. alms, charitable giving,
Mt.6:4
Acts 3:2,3: the one who sat begging alms.
Ascend to God Acts 10:4; they are remembered before God, v.31.
(p.249-50).

9:36 This woman was full of...almsdeeds
24:17: I came to bring alms to my nation.

(syn)
contribution
donation
gift
offering
aid
assistance
charity
relief










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