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Lexicon :: Strong's G4698 - splagchnon

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σπλάγχνον
Transliteration
splagchnon (Key)
Pronunciation
splangkh'-non
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably strengthened from splen (the "spleen")
mGNT
11x in 2 unique form(s) TR
11x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 3 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:548,1067

Strong’s Definitions

σπλάγχνον splánchnon, splangkh'-non; probably strengthened from σπλήν splḗn (the "spleen"); an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy:—bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G4698 in the following manner: bowels (9x), inward affection (1x), tender mercy (with G1656) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G4698 in the following manner: bowels (9x), inward affection (1x), tender mercy (with G1656) (1x).

  1. bowels, intestines, (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.)

    1. bowels

    2. 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.)

    3. a heart in which mercy resides

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπλάγχνον splánchnon, splangkh'-non; probably strengthened from σπλήν splḗn (the "spleen"); an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy:—bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy.
STRONGS G4698:
σπλάγχνον, 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 )): 1 John 3:17 (on which see κλείω); 2 Corinthians 6:12; Philippians 2:1 (here G L T Tr WH εἰ τίς σπλάγχνα; Buttmann, 81 (71), cf. Green 109; Lightfoot at the passage); σπλάγχνα ἐλέους (genitive of quality (cf. Winers Grammar, 611 (568); so Test xii. Patr., test. Zab. §§ 7, 8)), a heart in which mercy resides (heart of mercy), Luke 1:78; also σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ (Rec. οἰκτίρμων), Colossians 3:12; τά σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐστιν, his heart is the more abundantly devoted to you, 2 Corinthians 7:15; ἐπιποθῶ ὑμᾶς ἐν σπλάγχνοις Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, in the heart (R. V. tender mercies) of Christ, i. e. prompted by the same love as Christ Jesus, Philippians 1:8; ἀναπαύειν τά σπλάγχνα τίνος, to refresh one's soul or heart, Philemon 1:7, 20; τά σπλάγχνα ἡμῶν, my very heart, i. e. whom I dearly love, Philemon 1:12 (so Darius calls his mother and children his own bowels in Curt. 4, 14, 22. meum corculum, Plautus Cas. 4, 4, 14; meum cor, id. Poen. 1, 2, 154; (cf. Lightfoot on Philemon, at the passage cited)). The Hebrew רַחֲמִים is translated by the Sept. now ὀικιρμοι, Psalm 24:6 (Ps. 25:6); Psalm 39:12 (Ps. 40:12), now ἔλεος, Isaiah 47:6; once σπλάγχνα, Proverbs 12:10.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
24:6; 25:6; 39:12; 40:12
Proverbs
12:10
Isaiah
47:6
Luke
1:78
Acts
1:18
2 Corinthians
6:12; 7:15
Philippians
1:8; 1:8; 2:1
Colossians
3:12
Philemon
1:7; 1:12; 1:20
1 John
3:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4698 matches the Greek σπλάγχνον (splagchnon),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:78

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:78 - on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:18 - (This man then indeed got a field with the reward of iniquity, and, having fallen down headlong, burst in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:12 - Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your affections;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:15 - and his affections are more abundantly towards you, calling to mind the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:8 - For God is my witness how I long after you all in the bowels of Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:1 - If then there be any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and compassions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:12 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:7 - For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:12 - whom I have sent back to thee: but do *thou* receive him, that is, *my* bowels:

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:20 - Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in the Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:17 - But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
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