BOWELS

Are often put by the Hebrew writers for the internal parts generally, the inner man, just as we often use the word heart. Hence the bowels are often represented as the seat of mercy, tenderness, compassion, etc., 1Ki 3:26 Isa 63:15 Jer 31:20 Col 3:12 1Jo 3:17.

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

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BOWELS. → Diseased 2Ch 21:15-20 → Judas', gushed out Ac 1:18 → FIGURATIVE
* Of the sensibilities Ge 43:30; 1Ki 3:26; Job 30:27; Ps 22:14; So 5:4; Jer 4:19; 31:20; La 1:20; Php 1:8; 2:1; Col 3:12; 1Jo 3:17
* See HEART

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bowels. Bowels, n. pl. parts withing the body, feeling