Strong's Number G4698

σπλάγχνον

splagchnon · splangkh'-non

Transliteration:

splagchnon{splangkh'-non}

Word Origin:

probably strengthened from splen (the "spleen")

TDNT:

7:548,1067

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy

Usage in the KJV:

bowels 9, inward affection 1, tender mercy 1656 1

Total: 11
Occurs 11 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

bowels, intestines, (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.)
1. bowels
2. the bowels were regarded as the seat of the more violent passions, such as anger and love; but by the Hebrews as the seat of the tenderer affections, esp. kindness, benevolence, compassion; hence our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc.)
3. a heart in which mercy resides