splanchnizomai

What it means

To be moved in the gut. In Mark it is mostly Jesus who is moved (and once a father asks for it, 9:22): by the leper (1:41), by the crowd like sheep without a shepherd (6:34), and by the hungry crowd of four thousand (8:2). It leads to action each time.

Range of meaning

• Be moved insideA gut-level feeling of pity.
• Act with compassionThe feeling that leads to help.

In Mark

• Chapter 6

  He has compassion on the crowd, who are like sheep without a shepherd (6:34).

• Chapter 8

  "I have compassion on the multitude" (8:2).