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Pitiful, Pity
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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."
"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 .
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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.