- εὔσπλαγχνος
- εὔσπλαγχνος, ον (s. prec. entry; in the mng. ‘with healthy intestines’: Hippocr., Prorrh. 2, 6; Hesych.) pert. to having tender feelings for someone, tenderhearted, compassionate (so Prayer of Manasseh [=Odes 12]: 7; TestZeb 9:7; JosAs ch. 13 cod. A [p. 57, 25 Bat. w. φιλάνθρωπος]; ApcEsdr 1:10 p. 25, 2 Tdf. [w. πολυέλεος, so also Cat. Cod. Astr. IX/2 p. 165, 4 of the goddess Selene]; ApcSed 15:1 [w. ἀναμάρτητος]; PGM 12, 283; Just., D. 108, 3) of God (as in the pass. already given) w. ἐπιεικής 1 Cl 29:1.—Of humans (TestSim 4:4; Syntipas p. 106, 23; Leontios 46 p. 99, 15; Nicetas Eugen. 6, 193 H.) 54:1. (W. φιλάδελφος, ταπεινόφρων) 1 Pt 3:8. W. numerous other qualifications: of deacons Pol 5:2 and elders 6:1 (for the mng. good-hearted in 1 Pt 3:8 and Pol 6:1 s. ESelwyn, First Peter ’46, 188f). εὔ. εἴς τινα toward someone Eph 4:32.—DELG s.v. σπλήν. TW.
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