Quick Definition
σπλαγχνίζομαι v. I have pity on
Strong's Definition
to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity
Derivation: middle voice from G4698 (σπλάγχνον);
KJV Usage: have (be moved with) compassion
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | εὔσπλαγχνος · σπλάγχνον · πολύσπλαγχνος
25.49 · Attitudes and Emotions · Love, Affection, Compassion
to feel compassion for, to have great affection for, love, compassion to experience great affection and compassion for someone
MAT 9:36 · MAT 14:14 · MAT 15:32 · MAT 18:27 · MAT 20:34 · MRK 6:34 · MRK 8:2 · MRK 9:22 · LUK 7:13 · LUK 10:33 · LUK 15:20
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπλαγχνίζομαι;; 1 aor. ἐσπλαγχνίσθην [ef. B. 52 (45)]; (σπλάγχνον, q-V-); prop. fo 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): absol., Lk. x. 33; xv. 20; σπλαγχνισθείς with a finite verb, Mt. xx. 34; Mk. i. 41; τινός, to pity one (cf. W. § 30, 10a.; [B. § 132,15; but al. regard σπλ. in the foll. example as used absol. and the gen. as depending on κύριος), Mt. xviii. 27; ἐπί with dat. of the pers., Mt. xiv. 14GLTTr WH; Mk. vi. 34 [RG]; Lk. vii. 13 (where Tdf. ἐπί w. acc.) ; ἐπί τινα, Mt. xiv. 14 Rec.; xv. 32; Mk. [vi. 34 L T Tr WH]; viii. 2; ix. 22; cf. W. 8 33, c.; [B. u.s.]; περί τινος ὅτι, Mt. ix. 36. Besides, several times in Test. xii. Patr. [e. g. test. Zab. §§ 4, 6, 7, ete.]; and in the N. T. Apocr.; in Deut. xiii. 8 Symm.; [Ex. ii. 6 cod. Venet.]; and in 1 S. xxiii. 21 incert.; [Clem. Rom. 2 Cor. 1, 7; Herm. mand. 4, 3, 5]; ἐπισπλαγχνίCova, Prov. xvii. 5; the act. σπλαγχνίζω is once used for the Attic σπλαγχνεύω, 2 Mace. vi.8. Cf. Bleek, Einl. ins N. T. ed. 1, p. 75 [Eng. trans. ibid. ; ed. 3 (by Mangold) p. 90; W. 30, 33, 92 (87)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπλαγχνίζομαι splanchnizomai 12x
to be moved with pity or compassion, Mt. 9:36; 14:14; 20:34; Lk. 7:13; to be compassionate, Mt. 18:27
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σπλαγχνίζομαι
(< σπλάγχνον), [in LXX (act., -ίζω): Pr 17:5 A, II Mac 6:8 (= -εύω) * ;]
to be moved as to the σπλάγχνα (q.v.), hence, to feel pity or compassion: absol., Lk 10:33 15:20; ptcp., σλαγχνισθείς, c. indic., Mt 18:27 20:34, Mk 1:41; seq. ἐπίπ, c. dat. pers., Mt 14:14, Lk 7:13; ἐπί, c. acc., Mt 15:32, Mk 6:34 8:2 9:22; περί, Mt 9:36. (The word is elsewhere found only in Sm: I Ki 23:21, Ez 24:21, Test. Zeb., 4:6-7; v. Thayer, s.v.; MM, xxiii quote Thumb, Hellen., 123 as practically confirming Lft. on Phl 1:8, in the suggestion that the verb was a coinage of the Jewish dispersion.) †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπλαγχνίζομαι, “am moved as to the σπλάγχνα ᾿᾿ (7.:.), and hence ‘fam filled with compassion, tenderness.” Lightfoot on Phil 1° writes that the verb does not seem to be classical, and was “perhaps a coinage of the Jewish Dispersion,” and Thumb, Hellen. p. 123 practically confirms this. It occurs in the fragmentary vi/A.D. petition P Flor III. 29679 οὐκ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ὁ εἰρημέ(νος), and we may note its appearance in the MGr sailor's prayer— Σπλαγχίσου pe, Bopéa pov, Tlatépa μου Bopéa. “Ὁ have pity on me, my North Wind, father North Wind” (see Abbott, Songs p. 164).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σπλαγχνίζω (splagchnizō) — to pity. σπλαγχν-ίζω, = σπλαγχνεύω, [LXX]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+].
II. middle (with aorist passive -ίσθην), feel pity, compassion, or mercy, [LXX+NT]; οὐκ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη had no mercy, [Refs 6th c.AD+]