{"def":{"short":"an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy","long":["bowels, intestines, (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.)",["bowels","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, especially kindness, benevolence, compassion; hence our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc.)","a heart in which mercy resides"]]},"deriv":"probably strengthened from σπλήν (the \"spleen\")","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈsplɑŋ.xnon","ipa_mod":"ˈsplɑŋ.xnown","sbl":"splanchnon","dic":"SPLAHNG-hnone","dic_mod":"SPLAHNG-hnone"}}