Bowels

Bowels - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(Phil. 1:8; 2:1; Col. 3:12), compassionate feelings; R.V., "tender mercies."

Bowels - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

BOW'ELS, n. plu.

1. The intestines of an animal; the entrails, especially of man. The heart. 2.Cor.6.12.

2. The interior part of any thing; as the bowels of the earth.

3. The seat of pity or kindness; hence, tenderness, compassion, a scriptural sense.

Bowel, in the singular, is sometimes used for gut.