Profound inclination. In the age when the King James Bible was interpreted and distributed (1611) the feelings were thought of as being situated in the bowels; today they are in the heart. Both infer something profound and incredible. “But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have a need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” 1 John 3:17 KJV