Strong's Concordance
splagchnon: the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etc.), fig. the emotions
Original Word: σπλάγχνα, ων, τάPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: splagchnon
Phonetic Spelling: (splangkh'-non)
Short Definition: bowels, compassion, pity
Definition: the inward parts; the heart, affections, seat of the feelings.
HELPS Word-studies
4698 splágxnon – properly, the internal organs ("viscera"); (figuratively) "gut-level compassion" (visceral feelings); the capacity to feel deep emotions (sympathy, empathy, etc.).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4698: σπλάγχνονσπλάγχνον,
σπλαγχνου,
τό, and (only so in the N. T.) plural
σπλάγχνα,
σπλάγχνων,
τά, Hebrew
רַחֲמִים,
bowels, intestines (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.);
a. properly: Acts 1:18 (2 Macc. 9:5f; 4 Macc. 5:29, and in Greek writings from Homer down).
b. in the Greek poets from Aeschylus down 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, especially kindness, benevolence, compassion (cf. Lightfoot on Philippians 1:8; Winers Grammar, 18); hence, equivalent to our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc. (cf. B. D. American edition under the word
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bowels, inward affection, tender mercy.
Probably strengthened from splen (the "spleen"); an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy -- bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy.
Forms and Transliterations
σπλαγχνα σπλάγχνα σπλαγχνοις σπλάγχνοις σπλάγχνων splanchna splánchna splanchnois splánchnois
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