2588. καρδία (kardia) -- heart
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Strong's Concordance
kardia: heart
Original Word: καρδία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kardia
Phonetic Spelling: (kar-dee'-ah)
Definition: heart
Usage: lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.
HELPS Word-studies
2588 kardía – heart; "the affective center of our being" and the capacity of moral preference (volitional desire, choice; see P. Hughs, 2 Cor, 354); "desire-producer that makes us tick" (G. Archer), i.e our "desire-decisions" that establish who we really are.
[Heart (2588 /kardía) is mentioned over 800 times in Scripture, but never referring to the literal physical pump that drives the blood. That is, "heart" is only used figuratively (both in the OT and NT.]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
heart
NASB Translation
heart (102), heart's (1), hearts (49), mind (2), minds (1), quick (1), spirit (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2588: καρδία
καρδία, καρδίας, ἡ, poetic κραδία and καρδιη (in the latter form almost always in Homer (only at the beginning of a line in three places; everywhere else by metathesis κραδιη; Ebeling, Lex. Homer, under the word)) (from a root signifying to quiver or palpitate; cf. Cartius § 39; Vanicek, p. 1097 (Etym. Magn. 491, 56 παρά τό κραδαίνω, τό σείω. ἀεικινητος γάρ ἡ καρδία); allied with Latincor; English heart); the Sept. for לֵב and לֵבָב; the heart;
1. properly, that organ in the animal body which is the center of the circulation of the blood, and hence, was regarded as the seat of physical life: 2 Samuel 18:14; 2 Kings 9:24; Tobit 6:5 (4), 7f (6f), 17 (16). Hence,
2. universally, καρδία denotes the seat and center of all physical and spiritual life; and a. the vigor and sense of physical life (Psalm 101:5
b. the center and seat of spiritual life, "the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavors" (so in English heart, inner man, etc.); α. universally: Matthew 5:8; Matthew 6:21; Mark 7:19; Luke 1:51; Luke 2:51; Luke 8:12, 15; Acts 5:3; Romans 10:9; 1 Corinthians 14:25; 2 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 6:5; Colossians 3:22; 1 Peter 3:4, etc.; plural: Matthew 9:4; Mark 2:6, 8; Mark 4:16 (R L text Tr marginal reading); Luke 1:17; Luke 2:35; Luke 5:22; (Luke 24:38 R G L marginal reading; Acts 7:51 L T Tr WH text); Romans 2:15; Romans 16:18; 2 Corinthians 3:2; Galatians 4:6; Philippians 4:7; Ephesians 5:19 Lachmann; Hebrews 8:10 (T WH marginal reading singular); Hebrews 10:16, etc. ἡ καρδία is distinguished from τό στόμα or from τά χειλεα: Matthew 15:8, 18; Mark 7:6; 2 Corinthians 6:11; Romans 10:8f; from τό πρόσωπον: 2 Corinthians 5:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:17; περιτομή καρδίας, Romans 2:29; ἀπερίτμητοι τῇ καρδία, Acts 7:51 (L T Tr WH text καρδίαις, WH marginal reading genitive καρδίας, cf. Buttmann, 170 (148)). of things done from the heart i. e. cordially or sincerely, truly (without simulation or pretence) the following phrases are used: ἐκ καρδίας (Aristophanes nub. 86), Romans 6:17; and L T Tr WH in 1 Peter 1:22, where R G ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας, as in 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:22; ἀπό τῶν καρδιῶν, Matthew 18:35 (ἀπό καρδίας εὐχάριστος τοῖς θεοῖς, Antoninus 2, 3); ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδία and ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας, Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33; Luke 10:27, and Rec. in Acts 8:37 (Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 26:16; Psalm 118:34
3. used of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate: τῆς γῆς (which some understand of Hades, others of the sepulchre), Matthew 12:40 (τῆς θαλάσσης, Jonah 2:4 for לֵב; and for the same ἐν μέσῳ θαλάσσης, Exodus 15:8, 19; add Baruch 6: (Epistle Jer.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
the heart, thoughts, feelings
Prolonged from a primary kar (Latin cor, "heart"); the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle -- (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Forms and Transliterations
καρδια καρδία καρδίᾳ καρδιαι καρδίαι καρδιαις καρδίαις καρδιαν καρδίαν καρδιας καρδίας καρδιων καρδιών καρδιῶν του kardia kardía kardiai kardíai kardíāi kardiais kardíais kardian kardían kardias kardías kardion kardiôn kardiōn kardiō̂n
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 5:8 N-DFS
GRK: καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ ὅτι αὐτοὶ
NAS: are the pure in heart, for they shall see
KJV: [are] the pure in heart: for
INT: pure in heart for they
Matthew 5:28 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ
NAS: committed adultery with her in his heart.
KJV: in his heart.
INT: in the heart of him
Matthew 6:21 N-NFS
GRK: καὶ ἡ καρδία σου
NAS: is, there your heart will be also.
KJV: will your heart be also.
INT: also the heart of you
Matthew 9:4 N-DFP
GRK: ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν
NAS: are you thinking evil in your hearts?
KJV: in your hearts?
INT: in the hearts of you
Matthew 11:29 N-DFS
GRK: ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ εὑρήσετε
NAS: and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND
KJV: and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
INT: humble [in] the heart and you will find
Matthew 12:34 N-GFS
GRK: περισσεύματος τῆς καρδίας τὸ στόμα
NAS: out of that which fills the heart.
KJV: the abundance of the heart the mouth
INT: abundance of the heart the mouth
Matthew 12:40 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς γῆς
NAS: nights in the heart of the earth.
KJV: nights in the heart of the earth.
INT: in the heart of the earth
Matthew 13:15 N-NFS
GRK: γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ
NAS: FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE
KJV: people's heart is waxed gross,
INT: indeed the heart people
Matthew 13:15 N-DFS
GRK: καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσιν καὶ
NAS: AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN,
KJV: should understand with [their] heart, and
INT: and with the heart they should understand and
Matthew 13:19 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὗτός
NAS: has been sown in his heart. This
KJV: in his heart. This is
INT: in the heart of him This
Matthew 15:8 N-NFS
GRK: ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω
NAS: ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR
KJV: but their heart is far
INT: with the moreover heart of them far
Matthew 15:18 N-GFS
GRK: ἐκ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχεται κἀκεῖνα
NAS: come from the heart, and those
KJV: from the heart; and they
INT: out of the heart come forth and these
Matthew 15:19 N-GFS
GRK: γὰρ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχονται διαλογισμοὶ
NAS: For out of the heart come evil
KJV: For out of the heart proceed evil
INT: indeed the heart come forth thoughts
Matthew 18:35 N-GFP
GRK: ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν
NAS: his brother from your heart.
KJV: ye from your hearts forgive not
INT: from the heart of you
Matthew 22:37 N-DFS
GRK: ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ
NAS: WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL
KJV: all thy heart, and with
INT: all the heart of you and
Matthew 24:48 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ Χρονίζει
NAS: says in his heart, My master
KJV: in his heart, My lord
INT: in the heart of him Delays
Mark 2:6 N-DFP
GRK: ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν
NAS: there and reasoning in their hearts,
KJV: in their hearts,
INT: in the hearts of them
Mark 2:8 N-DFP
GRK: ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν
NAS: about these things in your hearts?
KJV: in your hearts?
INT: in the hearts of you
Mark 3:5 N-GFS
GRK: πωρώσει τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν λέγει
NAS: at their hardness of heart, He said
KJV: of their hearts, he saith
INT: hardness of the heart of them he says
Mark 6:52 N-NFS
GRK: αὐτῶν ἡ καρδία πεπωρωμένη
NAS: from the [incident of] the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
KJV: for their heart was hardened.
INT: of them the heart hardened
Mark 7:6 N-NFS
GRK: ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω
NAS: ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR
KJV: but their heart is far
INT: but [the] heart of them far
Mark 7:19 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν καρδίαν ἀλλ' εἰς
NAS: it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach,
KJV: into his heart, but into
INT: into the heart but into
Mark 7:21 N-GFS
GRK: ἐκ τῆς καρδίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων
NAS: For from within, out of the heart of men,
KJV: out of the heart of men,
INT: out of the heart of men
Mark 8:17 N-AFS
GRK: ἔχετε τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν
NAS: Do you have a hardened heart?
KJV: have ye your heart yet hardened?
INT: have you the heart of you
Mark 11:23 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ
NAS: and does not doubt in his heart, but believes
KJV: in his heart, but shall believe
INT: in the heart of him but