Pitiful, Pity
Pitiful, Pity
denotes “very pitiful” or “full of pity” (polus, “much,” splanchnon, “the heart;” in the plural, “the affections”), occurs in Jam 5:11, RV, “full of pity.”
“compassionate, tenderhearted,” lit., “of good heartedness” (eu, “well,” and splanchnon), is translated “pitiful” in 1Pe 3:8, AV, RV, “tenderhearted,” as in Eph 4:32.