For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philippians 1:8 · retained source text
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Iesus Christ.
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
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “bowels”
IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philippians 2:1 · retained source text
¶ If there bee therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of loue, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels, & mercies;
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 3:12 · retained source text
Put on therefore (as the elect of God, holy and beloued) bowels of mercies, kindnesse, humblenesse of minde, meekenesse, long suffering,
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philemon 1:7 · retained source text
For wee haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the Saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philemon 1:12 · retained source text
Whom I haue sent againe: thou therfore receiue him, that is mine owne bowels.
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philemon 1:20 · retained source text
Yea, brother, let mee haue ioy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowles in the Lord.
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 John 3:17 · retained source text
But who so hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother hath need, and shutteth vp his bowels of compassion from him; how dwelleth the loue of God in him?
Complete reference index — all 37 verses
Genesis 15:4Genesis 25:23Genesis 43:30Numbers 5:222 Samuel 7:122 Samuel 16:112 Samuel 20:101 Kings 3:262 Chronicles 21:152 Chronicles 21:182 Chronicles 21:192 Chronicles 32:21Job 20:14Job 30:27Psalms 22:14Psalms 71:6Psalms 109:18Song of Solomon 5:4Isaiah 16:11Isaiah 48:19Isaiah 49:1Isaiah 63:15Jeremiah 4:19Jeremiah 31:20Lamentations 1:20Lamentations 2:11Ezekiel 3:3Ezekiel 7:19Acts 1:182 Corinthians 6:12Philippians 1:8Philippians 2:1Colossians 3:12Philemon 1:7Philemon 1:12Philemon 1:201 John 3:17
Where “bowels” appears
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Genesis3 occurrences
3 versesNumbers1 occurrence
1 verse2 Samuel3 occurrences
3 verses1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles5 occurrences
4 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms3 occurrences
3 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah4 occurrences
4 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
2 versesLamentations2 occurrences
2 versesEzekiel2 occurrences
2 versesActs1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians2 occurrences
2 versesColossians1 occurrence
1 versePhilemon3 occurrences
3 verses1 John1 occurrence
1 verse
3 versesNumbers1 occurrence
1 verse2 Samuel3 occurrences
3 verses1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles5 occurrences
4 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms3 occurrences
3 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah4 occurrences
4 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
2 versesLamentations2 occurrences
2 versesEzekiel2 occurrences
2 versesActs1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians2 occurrences
2 versesColossians1 occurrence
1 versePhilemon3 occurrences
3 verses1 John1 occurrence
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Definition evidence
1 · KJV context and cross-references
Genesis 15:42 Samuel 7:122 Chronicles 21:15Job 20:14Isaiah 16:11Jeremiah 4:192 Corinthians 6:11-12Philippians 1:8Colossians 3:12Philemon 1:122 Samuel 20:10Genesis 25:231 John 3:171 John 3:191 John 3:201 John 3:21Lamentations 1:202 Corinthians 6:112 Corinthians 6:12Philippians 1:7Numbers 5:221 Kings 3:262 Chronicles 21:19Job 30:27Psalms 109:18Isaiah 49:1Jeremiah 31:20Ezekiel 3:3Philemon 1:7
Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗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.