σπλαγχνίζω

σπλαγχνίζομαι

(σπλάγχνον), [in LXX (act., -ίζω): Ord 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., Matt 18,27; 20,34, Mark 1,41; before ἐπί, with dative of person(s), Matt 14,14, Luk 7,13; ἐπί, with accusative, Matt 15,32, Mark 6,34; 8,2; 9,22; ωερί, Matt 9,36, (The word is elsewhere found only in Sm: 1 Kong 23,21, Ezk 24,21, Test. Zeb., 4:6-7; see Thayer, see word; MM, xxiii quote Thumb, Hellen., 123 as practically confirming Lft. on Fil 1,8, in the suggestion that the verb was a coinage of the Jewish dispersion.) †