- σπλάγχνον
- the inward parts
- σπλάγχνα
- bowels, compassion, pity
- the inward parts; the heart, affections, seat of the feelings.
- σπλάγχνον
- an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy
Derivation: probably strengthened from σπλήν (the "spleen");KJV Usage: bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy.
- σπλάγχνον
- affection/entrails
- G:N-N
- σπλάγχνον, -ου, τό mostly (in NT always) in pl., σπλάγχνα, -ων, τά,
[in LXX: Pro.12:10 (רַחַם, elsewhere rendered by οἰκτιρμοί,and by ἔλεος,Refs
Psa.25:6 40:12(בֶּטֶן),Refs
Isa.47:6), Pro.26:22(6), al. ;]Refs
Wis.10:5, Sir.30:7, 2Ma.9:5
the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etc.; Lat. viscera): Act.1:18. Metaph., of the seat of the feelings and of the feelings themselves (in Gk. poets, of anger, anxiety, etc.), the heart, affections (the characteristic LXX and NT reference of the word to feelings of kindness, benevolence and pity, is found in π.; see MM, xxiii; cf. Lft. on; σ. οἰκτιρμοῦ, Col.3:12; σ. καὶ οἰκτιρμοὶ, Php.2:1; σ. ἐλέους θεοῦ; ἡμῶν, Luk.1:78; σ. Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, Php.1:8.†Refs
Php.1:8): 2Co.6:12 7:15, Phm 7 12 20, 1Jn.3:17
(AS)
1) bowels, intestines, (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.)
1a) bowels
1b) the bowels were regarded as the seat of the more violent passions, such as anger and love; but by the Hebrews as the seat of the tenderer affections, esp. kindness, benevolence, compassion; hence our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc.)
1c) a heart in which mercy resides
1a) bowels
1b) the bowels were regarded as the seat of the more violent passions, such as anger and love; but by the Hebrews as the seat of the tenderer affections, esp. kindness, benevolence, compassion; hence our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc.)
1c) a heart in which mercy resides
σπλάγχνον
splagchnon
splangkh'-non
Probably strengthened from σπλήν
splēn
(the “spleen”); an intestine (plural); figuratively pity or sympathy
KJV Usage: bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy.