Original Word: εὔσπλαγχνος, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: eusplagchnos
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo'-splangkh-nos)
Short Definition: tender-hearted, merciful
Definition: tender-hearted, merciful, compassionate.

2155 eúsplagxnos (an adjective, derived from 2095 /eú, "good" and 4698/splagxnon, "the visceral organs") – properly, the visceral organs ("bowels") as they exercise positive gut-level sympathy (empathy, compassion) – i.e. "living with guts."

STRONGS NT 2155: εὔσπλαγχνος

εὔσπλαγχνος, ἐυσπλαγχνον (εὖ and σπλάγχνον, which see), properly, having strong bowels; once so in Hippocrates (), p. 89 c. (edited by Foës., i. 197, Kühn edition); in Biblical and ecclesiastical lang. compassionate, tender-hearted: Ephesians 4:32; 1 Peter 3:8; prec. Manass. 7 ((see the Sept., Tdf. edition, Proleg. § 29); Test xii. Patr. test. Zab. § 9; cf. Harnack's note on Hermas, vis. 1, 2 [ET]).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

pitiful, tender-hearted.

From eu and splagchnon; well compassioned, i.e. Sympathetic -- pitiful, tender-hearted.

see GREEK eu

see GREEK splagchnon

Forms and Transliterations

ευσαναλλάκτως ευσπλαγχνοι εύσπλαγχνοι εὔσπλαγχνοι ευσταθούν ευστόχως ευστροφία eusplanchnoi eúsplanchnoi

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