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• ἐλεέω , ἐλεάω
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denotes "very pitiful" or "full of pity" (polus, "much," splanchnon, "the heart;" in the plural, "the affections"), occurs in James 5:11 , RV, "full of pity."

"compassionate, tenderhearted," lit., "of good heartedness" (eu, "well," and splanchnon), is translated "pitiful" in 1 Peter 3:8 , AV, RV, "tenderhearted," as in Ephesians 4:32 .