Exodus 2:6
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
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Compassion
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Jude 1:22
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Exodus
11 verses
Deuteronomy
22 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
21 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
2 Chronicles
33 verses
Psalms
55 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
11 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Micah
11 verses
Matthew
66 verses
Mark
55 verses
Luke
33 verses
Romans
21 verses
Hebrews
22 verses
1 Peter
11 verses
1 John
11 verses
Jude
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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σπλαγχνίζομαι
splanchnízomai · splangkh-nid'-zom-ahee
12 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity
Strong's KJV usage: :--have (be moved with) compassion.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 9:36Strong's last: Luke 15:20
Open full G4697 profile →רָחַם
râcham · raw-kham'
8 times translated as this KJV form47 total Strong's occurrences
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
Strong's KJV usage: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, × surely.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 13:17Strong's last: Micah 7:19
Open full H7355 profile →חָמַל
châmal · khaw-mal'
5 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
to commiserate; by implication, to spare
Strong's KJV usage: have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
Strong's first: Exodus 2:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 16:5
Open full H2550 profile →רַחוּם
rachûwm · rakh-oom'
5 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
compassionate
Strong's KJV usage: full of compassion, merciful.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 78:38Strong's last: Psalms 145:8
Open full H7349 profile →ἐλεέω
eleéō · el-eh-eh'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form33 total Strong's occurrences
to compassionate (by word or deed, specially, by divine grace)
Strong's KJV usage: :--have compassion (pity on), have (obtain, receive, shew) mercy (on).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 18:33Strong's last: Jude 1:22
Open full G1653 profile →רַחַם
racham · rakh'-am
2 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Strong's KJV usage: bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 8:50Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 30:9
Open full H7356 profile →οἰκτείρω
oikteírō · oyk-ti'-ro
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to exercise pity
Strong's KJV usage: :--have compassion on.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 9:15Strong's last: Romans 9:15
Open full G3627 profile →συμπαθέω
sympathéō · soom-path-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to feel "sympathy" with, i.e. (by implication) to commiserate
Strong's KJV usage: :--have compassion, be touched with a feeling of.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 10:34Strong's last: Hebrews 10:34
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G4697
And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
G1653
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
G4697
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
G4697
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
G4697
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
English meaning and historical usage.
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compassion
COMPASSION, noun
1. A suffering with another; painful sympathy; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. compassion is a mixed passion, compounded of love and sorrow; at least some portion of love generally attends the pain or regret, or is excited by it. Extreme distress of an enemy even changes enmity into at least temporary affection.
He being full of compassion forgave their iniquity. Psalms 78:38.
His father had compassion and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke 15:20.
COMPASSION, verb transitive To pity.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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