What Does “Bowels of mercy” Mean in the Bible?
The inside of the body. In old Bibles, “bowels of mercy” is a love that comes from the very depths. Today we say “tender mercy.”
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 1:78
What the Bible says
Luke 1:78
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “bowel”