To pity
σπλαγχνίζωStrong’s G4697splagchnizō
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Splagchnizō is the Greek word usually translated “was moved with compassion”, “am moved with compassion” and “having been moved with compassion”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”
Meaning
Usually translated “was moved with compassion”, “am moved with compassion” and “having been moved with compassion”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- was moved with compassion 5
- i am moved with compassion 2
- having been moved with compassion 2
- having compassion 2
- he was moved with compassion 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 5
- Mark 4
- Luke 3
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 14:14And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
- Matthew 18:27Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
- Matthew 20:34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
- Mark 1:41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
- Mark 6:34And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Greek dictionary
σπλαγχνίζω splagchnizō · to pity
σπλαγχνίζομαι (σπλάγχνον), [in LXX (act., -ίζω): Pro.17:5 A, 2Ma.6:8 (= -εύω) * ;] to be moved as to the σπλάγχνα (which see), hence, to feel pity or compassion: absol., Luk.10:33 15:20; ptcp., σπλαγχνισθείς, with indic., Mat.18:27 20:34, Mrk.1:41; before ἐπί, with dative of person(s), Mat.14:14, Luk.7:13; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.15:32, Mrk.6:34 8:2 9:22; ωερί, Mat.9:36. (The word is elsewhere found only in Sm: 1Ki.23:21, Eze.24:21, Test. Zeb., 4:6-7; see Thayer, see word; MM, xxiii quote Thumb, Hellen., 123 as practically confirming Lft. on Php.1:8, in the suggestion that the verb was a co …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pity” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PITY, noun
[The Latin, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese languages unite pity and piety in the same word, and the word may be from the root of compassion; Latin patior, to suffer.]
- The feeling or suffering of one person, excited by the distresses of another; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion or fellow-suffering.“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth to the Lord” Proverbs 19:17
- The ground or subject of pity; cause of grief; thing to be regretted.
All definitions and other forms of “pity”
PIT'Y, verb transitive
To feel pain or grief for one in distress; to have sympathy for; to compassionate; to have tender feelings for one, excited by his unhappiness.
- “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him” Psalms 103:13
PIT'Y, verb intransitive
To be compassionate; to exercise pity
- “I will not pity nor spare, nor have mercy” Jeremiah 13:14
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.