Pitiful
Pitiful
SEE PITY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pitiful
piti-fool: As found in Scripture, means full of pity; it is expressed by , rahaman, from rahamm (plural of raham), bowels, compassion (Lam 4:10 the King James Version, its only occurrence in the Old Testament), The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children. In Jam 5:11, we have the beautiful saying, The Lord is very pitiful (the Revised Version (British and American) full of pity) and of tender mercy, where very pitiful is the translation of polusplagchnos, literally, of many bowels, a word which does not occur elsewhere; it might be translated large-hearted or tender-hearted. In Ecclesiasticus 2:11, we have The Lord, is … very, pitiful (oiktirmon); eusplagchnos, well-hearted, compassionate, full of pity, occurs in 1Pe 3:8, Love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous, the Revised Version (British and American) loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humble-minded. The word is found in The Prayer of Manasseh 7; Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, Zeb 8 2.