intestine

(heart, liver, lungs, etc.; Lat. ): . Metaph., of the seat of the feelings and of the feelings themselves (in Gk. poets, of anger, anxiety, etc.), (the characteristic LXX and NT reference of the word to feelings of kindness, benevolence and pity, is found in ; v. MM, xxiii; cf. Lft. on ): , , , , ; , ; , ; ; , ; , .† the inward parts the heart, affections viscera π. σ. οἰκτιρμοῦ σ. καὶ οἰκτιρμοὶ σ. ἐλέους θεοῦ ἡμῶν σ. Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ Ac 1:18 Phl 1:8 II Co 6:12 7:15 Phm 7 12 20 I Jo 3:17 Col 3:12 Phl 2:1 Lk 1:78 Phl 1:8

an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy

bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy