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Strong's G4698 σπλάγχνον (splanchnon)

Splanchnon means “bowels” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4698 — metsillah (“bell”) in the Hebrew Bible.

First usage Interlinear Bible Septuagint Bible
Strong's Number G4698
Language Greek
Linked Usages 26
Books 14

Strong's G4698 Quick Answer

Strong's G4698 σπλάγχνον (splagchnon) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. splagchnon (splangkh'-non) n. 1. an intestine (plural) 2. (figuratively) pity or sympathy It has 26 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include bowels and inward. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
splagchnon (splangkh'-non) n. 1. an intestine (plural) 2. (figuratively) pity or sympathy
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
bowels and inward

Meaning and Definition

splagchnon (splangkh'-non) n. 1. an intestine (plural) 2. (figuratively) pity or sympathy [probably strengthened from splen (the "spleen")] KJV: bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy

Original Word
σπλάγχνον
Transliteration
splagchnon
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4698. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

affection/entrails

Usage: σπλάγχνον, -ου, τό mostly (in NT always) in pl., σπλάγχνα, -ων, τά, [in LXX: Pro.12:10 (רַחַם, elsewhere rendered by οἰκτιρμοί, Psa.25:6 40:12 and by ἔλεος, Isa.47:6), Pro.26:22 (בֶּטֶן), Wis.10:5, Sir.30:7, 2Ma.9:5 (6), al. ;] the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etc.; Lat. viscera): Act.1:18. Metaphorical, of the seat of the feelings and of the feelings themselves (in Gk.

poets, of anger, anxiety, etc.), the heart, affections (the characteristic LXX and NT reference of the word to feelings of kindness, benevolence and pity, is found in π.; see MM, xxiii; cf. Lft. on Php.1:8): 2Co.6:12 7:15, Phm 7 12 20, 1Jn.3:17; σ. οἰκτιρμοῦ, Col.3:12; σ. καὶ οἰκτιρμοὶ, Php.2:1; σ. ἐλέους θεοῦ; ἡμῶν, Luk.1:78; σ. Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, Php.1:8.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4698 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render splagchnon, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

bowels Acts 1:18 9× inward 2 Corinthians 7:15

How Strong's G4698 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha with 12 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4698 (σπλάγχνον) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4698 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4698 in the New Testament

11 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 1:78 KJV

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

Acts 1:18 KJV

Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

2 Corinthians 6:12 KJV

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

Strong's G4698 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Proverbs 12:10 Septuagint / Brenton

A righteous man has pity for the lives of his cattle; But the bowels of the ungodly are unmerciful.

Jeremiah 28:13 Septuagint / Brenton

dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.

Strong's G4698 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

12 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 9:5 Septuagint / Brenton

But the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, smote him with an incurable and invisible plague: for as soon as he had spoken these words, a pain of the bowels that was remediless came upon him, and sore torments of the inner parts;

2 Maccabees 9:6 Septuagint / Brenton

and that most justly: for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange torments.

4 Maccabees 5:30 Septuagint / Brenton

No, not if you pluck out my eyes, and consume my entrails.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4698.

Proverbs 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A righteous man has pity for the lives of his cattle; But the bowels of the ungodly are unmerciful.
Proverbs 33:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jeremiah 28:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.
Luke 1:78 New Testament, KJV
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
Acts 1:18 New Testament, KJV
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
2 Corinthians 6:12 New Testament, KJV
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
2 Corinthians 7:15 New Testament, KJV
And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
Philippians 1:8 New Testament, KJV
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 2:1 New Testament, KJV
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Colossians 3:12 New Testament, KJV
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Philemon 1:7 New Testament, KJV
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Philemon 1:12 New Testament, KJV
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Philemon 1:20 New Testament, KJV
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
1 John 3:17 New Testament, KJV
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
2 Maccabees 9:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, smote him with an incurable and invisible plague: for as soon as he had spoken these words, a pain of the bowels that was remediless came upon him, and sore torments of the inner parts;
2 Maccabees 9:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and that most justly: for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange torments.
4 Maccabees 5:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
No, not if you pluck out my eyes, and consume my entrails.
4 Maccabees 10:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
around which his vertebral joints were loosened, and he saw his own flesh torn to shreds, and streams of blood flowing from his entrails.
4 Maccabees 11:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And having heated sharp spits, they approached them to his back; and having transfixed his sides, they burned away his entrails.
4 Maccabees 14:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And consider how comprehensive is the love of offspring, which draws everyone to sympathy of affection,
4 Maccabees 15:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But religious reasoning, having strengthened her courage in the midst of sufferings, enabled her to forego, for the time, parental love.
4 Maccabees 15:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O mother of a nation, avenger of the law, and defender of religion, and prime bearer in the battle of the affections!
Wisdom of Solomon 10:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover, the nations in their wicked conspiracy being confounded, She found out the righteous, and preserved him blameless unto God, And kept him strong against his tender compassion toward his son.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that maketh too much of his son shall bind up his wounds; And his bowels will be troubled at every cry.
Wisdom of Sirach 33:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And let them know thee, as we have known thee, That there is no God but only thou, O God.
Baruch 2:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4698, grouped by book.

Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 12:10 Proverbs 33:22
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 28:13
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1:78
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1:18
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 6:12 2 Corinthians 7:15
Philippians 2 usages, New Testament
Philippians 1:8 Philippians 2:1
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 3:12
Philemon 3 usages, New Testament
Philemon 1:7 Philemon 1:12 Philemon 1:20
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 3:17
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 9:5 2 Maccabees 9:6
4 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 5:30 4 Maccabees 10:8 4 Maccabees 11:19 4 Maccabees 14:13 4 Maccabees 15:23 4 Maccabees 15:29
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 10:5
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 30:7 Wisdom of Sirach 33:5
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2:17

Strong's G4698 FAQ

What does splanchnon (σπλάγχνον) mean?

Splanchnon (Strong's G4698) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bowels". splagchnon (splangkh'-non) n. 1. an intestine (plural) 2. (figuratively) pity or sympathy

How many times is splanchnon (σπλάγχνον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's G4698 across 14 books.

Where can I study splanchnon (σπλάγχνον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4698 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate splanchnon (σπλάγχνον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bowels and inward. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4698 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 12 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4698, with linked reader references where each row is available.