Bowels, including the heart, the seat of the affections and emotions. "My bowels are troubled for him," namely, with tender yearnings of compassionate love (Jeremiah 31:20; Isaiah 63:15; Hosea 11:8; Philemon 2:1).
Bibliography Information Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Bowels' Fausset's Bible Dictionary". bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.