Greek verb · G4697
σπλαγχνίζομαι
splanchnizomaisplangkh-nid'-zom-ahee
to pity
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: splanchnízomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4697is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4697
to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity
The King James renders it: have (be moved with) compassion.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
splanchnizomai is rendered "to pity". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:36When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:36ἐσπλαγχνίσθη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- was moved with compassion5
- Having been moved with compassion2
- having compassion2
- I am moved with compassion2
- He was moved with compassion1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| σπλάγχνον | splanchnon | affection/entrails | Uses11 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐσπλαγχνίσθη6
- σπλαγχνισθεὶς4
- σπλαγχνίζομαι2
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-AOI-3S
- verb · aorist passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4V-AOP-NSM
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular2V-PNI-1S
Matthew
five uses
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
- ἐσπλαγχνίσθηesplagchnistheverb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was moved with compassion
When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
- ἐσπλαγχνίσθηesplagchnistheverb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was moved with compassion
Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
- σπλαγχνίζομαιsplagchnizomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am moved with compassion
His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.
- Σπλαγχνισθεὶςsplagchnistheisverb · aorist passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having been moved with compassion
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
- σπλαγχνισθεὶςsplagchnistheisverb · aorist passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having been moved with compassion
Mark
four uses
Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
- σπλαγχνισθεὶςsplagchnistheisverb · aorist passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having compassion
When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
- ἐσπλαγχνίσθηesplagchnistheverb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was moved with compassion
“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
- σπλαγχνίζομαιsplagchnizomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am moved with compassion
“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
- σπλαγχνισθεὶςsplagchnistheisverb · aorist passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having compassion
Luke
three uses
When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”
- ἐσπλαγχνίσθηesplagchnistheverb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was moved with compassion
But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.
- ἐσπλαγχνίσθηesplagchnistheverb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was moved with compassion
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
- ἐσπλαγχνίσθηesplagchnistheverb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was moved with compassion
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.