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Compassion
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COMPASSION, n.
1. A suffering with another painful sympathy a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another pity commiseration. Compassion is a mixed passion, compounded of love and sorrow at least some portion of love generally attends the pain or regret, or is excited by it. Extreme distress of an enemy even changes enmity into at least temporary affection.
He being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity. Psalms 78 .
His father had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke 15 .
COMPASSION, To pity.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Compassion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/compassion.html.
Entry for 'Compassion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/compassion.html.
