σπλάγχνον

σπλάγχνον, -ου, τό mostly (in NT always) in pl., σπλάγχνα, -ων, τά,

[in LXX: Ord 12,10 (רַחַם, elsewhere rendered by οἰκτιρμοί, Sl 25,6; 40,12 and by ἔλεος, Es 47,6), Ord 26,22 (בֶּטֶן), Wis 10,5, Sir 30,7, 2Ma 9,5 (6), al. ;]

the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etc.; Lat. viscera): ApG 1,18, Metaphorical, of the seat of the feelings and of the feelings themselves (in Gk. poets, of anger, anxiety, etc.), the heart, affections (the characteristic LXX and NT reference of the word to feelings of kindness, benevolence and pity, is found in π.; see MM, xxiii; cf. Lft. on Fil 1,8): 2 Kor 6,12; 7,15, Phm 7 12 20, 1 Joh 3,17; σ. οἰκτιρμοῦ, Kol 3,12 σ. καὶ οἰκτιρμοὶ, Fil 2,1 σ. ἐλέους θεοῦ; ἡμῶν, Luk 1,78 σ. Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, Fil 1,8,†