Strong's Number 4698

Transliteration:
splagchnon {splangkh'-non}
Word Origin:
probably strengthened from splen (the "spleen")
TDNT:
7:548,1067
Part of Speech:
noun neuter
Usage in the KJV:
bowels 9, inward affection 1, tender mercy 1656 1

Total: 11
Definition:
  1. bowels, intestines, (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.)
    1. bowels
    2. the bowels were regarded as the seat of the more violent passions, such as anger and love; but by the Hebrews as the seat of the tenderer affections, esp. kindness, benevolence, compassion; hence our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc.)
    3. a heart in which mercy resides