| Strong's Number: 4698 | encodedOriginalWord |
| Original Word | Word Origin | | | σπλάγχνον
| | probably strengthened from splen (the "spleen") | | Transliterated Word | Phonetic Spelling | | | splagchnon | | splangkh'-non
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| | Parts of Speech | TDNT | | | Noun Neuter | | 7:548,1067 | | Definition | | |
- bowels, intestines, (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.)
- bowels
- 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.)
- a heart in which mercy resides
| | Translated Words | | | KJV (11) - bowels, 9; inward affection, 1; tender mercy + (1656), 1; NAS (11) - affection, 3; affections, 1; heart, 4; hearts, 1; intestines, 1; tender, 1; | | Verse Count | | KJV | NAS | | | | | |
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