Definition

to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity

Etymology

middle voice from G4698 (σπλάγχνον);

Word family

• σπλάγχνον splánchnon

How the KJV renders it

• have (be moved with) compassion

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.