KJV dictionary & concordance

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.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

39 occurrences37 verses18 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 15:4

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Jeremiah 4:19

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¶ My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:19 · retained source text

¶ My bowels, my bowels, I am pained at my very heart, my heart maketh a noise in mee, I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soule, the sound of the Trumpet, the alarme of warre.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the walles of my heart.

1611 marginal noteIsa.22.4. chap.9.1.

Jeremiah 31:20

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Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:20 · retained source text

Is Ephraim my deare sonne? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I doe earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely haue mercy vpon him, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sound.

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Where “bowels” appears

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Genesis3 occurrences
3 verses Numbers1 occurrence
1 verse 2 Samuel3 occurrences
3 verses 1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse 2 Chronicles5 occurrences
4 verses Job2 occurrences
2 verses Psalms3 occurrences
3 verses Song of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verse Isaiah4 occurrences
4 verses Jeremiah3 occurrences
2 verses Lamentations2 occurrences
2 verses Ezekiel2 occurrences
2 verses Acts1 occurrence
1 verse 2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verse Philippians2 occurrences
2 verses Colossians1 occurrence
1 verse Philemon3 occurrences
3 verses 1 John1 occurrence
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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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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.

volume 1, leaf 302, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 62)