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Strong’s G4698 · Greek

σπλάγχνον

splánchnon · splangkh'-non

Origin probably strengthened from σπλήν (the "spleen");

Meaning an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy

In the King James Version bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy.

In 11 verses of the King James Version

  1. Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
  2. Acts 1:18Now 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.
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
  4. 2 Corinthians 7:15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
  5. Philippians 1:8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
  6. Philippians 2:1If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
  7. Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
  8. Philemon 1:7For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
  9. Philemon 1:12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
  10. Philemon 1:20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
  11. 1 John 3:17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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