King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Compassion
CategoryTheological Term / Emotional Term
Modern Equivalentdeep sympathy; pity; a desire to relieve another's suffering.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionA deep feeling of sympathy for those who are suffering, accompanied by a desire to help. In the KJV it is one of the defining attributes of God and of Christ, who is moved with compassion at the sight of human need.
Key Verses"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd." (Matthew 9:36)