- σπλαγχνίζομαι
- to feel compassion, mercy
- σπλαγχνίζομαι
- I have pity on
- I feel compassion, have pity on, am moved.
- σπλαγχνίζω
- to pity
- G:V
- σπλαγχνίζομαι
(< σπλάγχνον), [in LXX (act., -ίζω): Pro.17:5 A, 2Ma.6:8 (= -εύω) * ;]
to be moved as to the σπλάγχνα (which see), hence, to feel pity or compassion: absol.,; ptcp., σπλαγχνισθείς, with indic.,Refs
Luk.10:33 15:20; before ἐπί, with dative of person(s),Refs
Mat.18:27 20:34, Mrk.1:41; ἐπί, with accusative,Refs
Mat.14:14, Luk.7:13; ωερί, Mat.9:36. (The word is elsewhere found only in Sm:Refs
Mat.15:32, Mrk.6:34 8:2 9:22, Test. Zeb., 4:6-7; see Thayer, see word; MM, xxiii quote Thumb, Hellen., 123 as practically confirming Lft. on Php.1:8, in the suggestion that the verb was a coinage of the Jewish dispersion.) †Refs
1Ki.23:21, Eze.24:21
(AS)
1) to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)
σπλαγχνίζομαι
splagchnizomai
splangkh-nid'-zom-ahee
Middle voice from G4698; to have the bowels yearn, that is, (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity
KJV Usage: have (be moved with) compassion.