Strong's Lexicon
G4698 — σπλάγχνον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4698 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σπλάγχνον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably strengthened from splen (the "spleen") |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | splagchnon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | splangkh'-non |
| Meaning: | 1. an intestine (plural) 2. (figuratively) pity or sympathy |
| KJV Renderings: | bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπλάγχνον, σπλαγχνου, τό, and (only so in the N. T.) plural σπλάγχνα, σπλάγχνων, τά, Hebrew øÇçÂîÄéí, bowels, intestines (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.);
a. properly: Act 1:18 (2Ma 9:5 f; 4Ma 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 Php 1:8; Winers Grammar, 18); hence, equivalent to our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc. (cf. B. D. American edition under the word )): 1Jn 3:17 (on which see κλείω); 2Co 6:12; Php 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), Luk 1:78; also σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ (Rec. οἰκτίρμων), Col 3:12; τά σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐστιν, his heart is the more abundantly devoted to you, 2Co 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, Php 1:8; ἀναπαύειν τά σπλάγχνα τίνος, to refresh one’s soul or heart, Phm 1:7; Phm 1:20; τά σπλάγχνα ἡμῶν, my very heart, i. e. whom I dearly love, Phm 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 øÇçÂîÄéí is translated by the Sept. now ὀικιρμοι, Psa 24:6 (); Psa 39:12 (), now ἔλεος, Isa 47:6; once σπλάγχνα, Pro 12:10.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σπλάγχνον (bowels)
Luke 1:78
- KJV: Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us
- GK: διά σπλάγχνα ελέους θεού ημών εν οις επεσκέψατο ημάς ανατολή εξ ύψους
Acts 1:18
- KJV: Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity and falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst and all his bowels gushed out
- GK: ούτος μεν ούν εκτήσατο χωρίον εκ του μισθού της αδικίας και πρηνής γενόμενος ελάκησε μέσος και εξεχύθη πάντα τα σπλάγχνα αυτού
2 Corinthians 6:12
- KJV: Ye are not straitened in us but ye are straitened in your own bowels
- GK: ου στενοχωρείσθε εν ημίν στενοχωρείσθε δε εν τοις σπλάγχνοις υμών
2 Corinthians 7:15
- KJV: And his inward affection is more abundant toward you whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all how with fear and trembling ye received him
- GK: και τα σπλάγχνα αυτού περισσοτέρως εις υμάς εστιν αναμιμνησκομένου την πάντων υμών υπακοήν ως μετά φόβου και τρόμου εδέξασθε αυτόν
Philippians 1:8
- KJV: For God is my record how greatly I long you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ
- GK: μάρτυς γαρ μου εστιν ο θεός ως επιποθώ πάντας υμάς εν σπλάγχνοις Ιησού χριστού
Philippians 2:1
- KJV: If therefore any consolation in Christ if any comfort of love if any fellowship of the Spirit if any bowels and mercies
- GK: ει τις ουν παράκλησις εν χριστώ ει παραμύθιον αγάπης ει κοινωνία πνεύματος ει σπλάγχνα και οικτιρμοί
Colossians 3:12
- KJV: Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercies kindness humbleness of mind meekness longsuffering
- GK: ενδύσασθε ουν ως εκλεκτοί του θεού άγιοι και ηγαπημένοι σπλάγχνα οικτιρμού χρηστότητα ταπεινοφροσύνην πραότητα μακροθυμίαν
Philemon 1:7
- KJV: For we have great joy and consolation in thy love because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee brother
- GK: χάριν γαρ έχομεν πολλήν και παράκλησιν επί τη αγάπη σου ότι τα σπλάγχνα των αγίων αναπέπαυται διά σου αδελφέ
Philemon 1:12
- KJV: Whom I have sent again thou therefore receive him that is mine own bowels
- GK: συ δε αυτόν τουτ΄ τα εμά σπλάγχνα προσλαβού