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bowels

Meaning of “bowels”

1. Figuratively, deep inward feeling or affection, especially compassion, mercy, or distress; also one deeply loved. 2. The inward organs or inner parts of the body. 3. The womb or inward bodily source of offspring.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
39 occurrences37 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:4

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Ezekiel 3:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 3:3 · retained source text

And he said vuto mee; Sonne of man, cause thy belly to eate, and fill thy bowels with this roule that I giue thee. Then did I eate it, and it was in my mouth as honie for sweetnesse.

1611 marginal noteReu. 10.9.

Ezekiel 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:19 · retained source text

They shall cast their siluer in the streets, and their golde shalbe remooued: their siluer and their golde shall not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfie their soules, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumbling blocke of their iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for a separation or vncleannesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, because their iniquitie is their stumbling blocke.

1611 marginal noteProu.11.4. zeph.1.18. ecclus. 5.8.

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Historical definitions

plural 1. The intestines of an animal; the entrails, especially of man. The heart. 2 Corinthians 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.

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