Lexical Summary splanchna: the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etc.), the emotions Original Word: σπλάγχναTransliteration: splanchna Phonetic Spelling: (splangkh'-non) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etc.), the emotions Meaning: the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etcetera), the emotions Strong's Concordance bowels, inward affection, tender mercy. Probably strengthened from splen (the "spleen"); an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy -- bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4698: σπλάγχνονσπλάγχνον, σπλαγχνου, τό, and (only so in the N. T.) plural σπλάγχνα, σπλάγχνων, τά, Hebrew רַחֲמִים, bowels, intestines (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.); a. properly: Acts 1:18 (2 Macc. 9:5f; 4 Macc. 5:29, and in Greek writings from Homer down). b. in the Greek poets from Aeschylus down 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, especially kindness, benevolence, compassion (cf. Lightfoot on Philippians 1:8; Winers Grammar, 18); hence, equivalent to our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc. (cf. B. D. American edition under the word |
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