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Pitiful, Pity

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πολύσπλαγχνος

(Strong's #4184 — Adjective — polusplanchnos — pol-oo'-splankh-nos )

denotes "very pitiful" or "full of pity" (polus, "much," splanchnon, "the heart;" in the plural, "the affections"), occurs in James 5:11 , RV, "full of pity."

2: εὔσπλαγχνος

(Strong's #2155 — Adjective — eusplanchnos — yoo'-splangkh-nos )

"compassionate, tenderhearted," lit., "of good heartedness" (eu, "well," and splanchnon), is translated "pitiful" in 1 Peter 3:8 , AV, RV, "tenderhearted," as in Ephesians 4:32 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Pitiful, Pity'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/pitiful-pity.html. 1940.
 
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