σπλαγχνίζομαι
σπλαγχνίζομαι, dep. pass., sich erbarmen, Mitleid empfinden, NT, ἐσπλαγχνίσθη περὶ αὐτῶν Matth. 9.36.
Strong 4697
to be moved as to the σπλάγχνα (q.v.), hence, to feel pity or compassion: absol., Lk 10:33 15:20; ptcp., σλαγχνισθείς, c. indic., Mt 18:27 20:34, Mk 1:41; seq. ἐπίπ, c. dat. pers., Mt 14:14, Lk 7:13; ἐπί, c. acc., Mt 15:32, Mk 6:34 8:2 9:22; περί, Mt 9:36. (The word is elsewhere found only in Sm: I Ki 23:21, Ez 24:21, Test. Zeb., 4:6-7; v. Thayer, s.v.; MM, xxiii quote Thumb, Hellen., 123 as practically confirming Lft. on Phl 1:8, in the suggestion that the verb was a coinage of the Jewish dispersion.) †