Compassionate Compassion

Compassionate Compassion

'''A — 1: οἰκτείρω (Strong'S #3627 — Verb — oikteiro — oyk-ti'-ro )

"to have pity, a feeling of distress through the ills of others," is used of God's compassion,  Romans 9:15 .

'''A — 2: σπλαγχνίζομαι (Strong'S #4697 — Verb — splanchnizomai — splangkh-nid'-zom-ahee )

"to be moved as to one's inwards (splanchna), to be moved with compassion, to yearn with compassion," is frequently recorded of Christ towards the multitude and towards individual sufferers,  Matthew 9:36;  14:14;  15:32;  18:27;  20:34;  Mark 1:41;  6:34;  8:2;  9:22 (of the appeal of a father for a demon-possessed son);   Luke 7:13;  10:33; of the father in the parable of the Prodigal Son,  Luke 15:20 . (Moulton and Milligan consider the verb to have been coined in the Jewish dispersion).

'''A — 3: συμπαθέω (Strong'S #4834 — Verb — sumpatheo — soom-path-eh'-o )

"to suffer with another (sun, 'with,' pascho, 'to suffer'), to be affected similarly" (Eng., "sympathy"), to have "compassion" upon,  Hebrews 10:34 , of "compassionating" those in prison, is translated "be touched with" in  Hebrews 4:15 , of Christ as the High Priest. See Touch.

'''A — 4: ἐλεέω (Strong'S #1653 — Verb — eleeo — el-eh-eh'-o )

"to have mercy (eleos, "mercy"), to show kindness, by beneficence, or assistance," is translated "have compassion" in  Matthew 18:33 (Av);   Mark 5:19;  Jude 1:22 . See Mercy.

'''A — 5: μετριοπαθέω (Strong'S #3356 — Verb — metriopatheo — met-ree-op-ath-eh'-o )

is rendered "have compassion," in  Hebrews 5:2 , Av. See Bear , No. 13.

'''B — 1: οἰκτιρμός (Strong'S #3628 — Noun Masculine — oiktirmos — oyk-tir-mos' )

akin to A, No. 1, is used with splanchna (see below), "the viscera, the inward parts," as the seat of emotion, the "heart,"  Philippians 2:1;  Colossians 3:12 , "a heart of compassion" (Av, "bowels of mercies"). In  Hebrews 10:28 it is used with choris, "without," (lit., "without compassions"). It is translated "mercies" in   Romans 12:1;  2 Corinthians 1:3 . See Mercy.

'''B — 2: σπλάγχνον (Strong'S #4698 — Noun Neuter — splanchnon — splangkh'-non )

always used in the plural, is suitably rendered "compassion" in the Rv of  Colossians 3:12;  1 John 3:17; "compassions" in  Philippians 2:1 , Cp. A, No. 2. See Bowels.

'''C — 1: συμπαθής (Strong'S #4835 — Adjective — sumpathes — soom-path-ace' )

denotes suffering with, "compassionate,"  1 Peter 3:8 , Rv (Av, "having compassion"). See A, No. 3.