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Tender-hearted


TEN'DER-HE'ARTED, adjective [tender and heart.]

1. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence.

--When Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chronicles 13:7.

2. Very susceptible of the softer passions of love, pity or kindness.

Be ye kind one to another, and tender-hearted Ephesians 4:32.