Compassion in the Bible: 41 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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compassion KJV

“Compassion” is in the King James Bible 41 times, in 39 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

σπλαγχνίζομαι splagchnizomai 12 times
רחם râcham 8 times
חמל châmal 5 times
רחוּם rachûm 5 times
ἐλεέω eleeō 3 times
οἰκτείρω oikteirō 2 times
רחם racham 2 times
μετριοπαθέω metriopatheō 1 time
συμπαθέω sumpatheō 1 time
συμπαθής sumpathēs 1 time
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1 John

3:17 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?

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