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Strong's #2588 - καρδία
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- the heart
- that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life
- denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life
- the vigour and sense of physical life
- the centre and seat of spiritual life
- the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours
- of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence
- of the will and character
- of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions
- of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate
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καρδί-α, ἡ,
Ion. καρδίη, κρᾰδίη (καρδίη in Hom. only in καρδίῃ ἄλληκτον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι Il. 2.452, al., καρδία always in Trag., exc. in some dact. and anap. verses, A. Pr. 881, Th. 781, E. Med. 99, Hipp. 1274); Aeol. κάρζα EM 407.21 (but καρδία Sapph. 2.6); Cypr. κορζία (Paph.), Hsch. (fort. κόρζα): —
1. heart, ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίη μεγάλα στέρνοισι πατάσσει Il. 13.282; κραδίη δέ μοι ἔξω στηθέων ἐκθρῴσκει, of one panic-stricken, 10.94; πηδᾷ ἡ κ. Pl. Smp. 215e, cf. Ar. Nu. 1391 (lyr.): esp. as the seat of feeling and passion, as rage or anger, οἰδάνεται κραδίη Χόλῳ Il. 9.646; τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη Od. 20.18, cf. E. Alc. 837; καρδίης πλέως full of heart, Archil. 58.4; of fear or courage, κυνὸς ὄμματ' ἔχων, κραδίην δ' ἐλάφοιο Il. 1.225; [ σφηκῶν ] κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἔχοντες 16.266; ἐν μέν οἱ κραδίῃ θάρσος βάλε 21.547, etc.; ὀρχεῖται καρδία φόβῳ A. Ch. 166; θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι κ. ἔχεις S. Ant. 88; τὸν νέον τίνα οἴει κ. ἴσχειν; what do you think are his feelings? Pl. R. 492c; of sorrow or joy, ἐν κραδίῃ μέγα πένθος ἄεξε Od. 17.489; κ. καὶ θυμὸς ἰάνθη 4.548; ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἵκανεν Il. 2.171, cf. 10.10, B. 10.85, etc.; καρδίην ἰαίνεται Archil. 36; κελαινόχρως.. πάλλεταί μου κ. A. Supp. 785; ὦ τάλαινα κ. ψυχή τ' ἐμή E. Or. 466; of love, Sapph.l.c., etc.; ἐκ τῆς κ. φιλεῖν Ar. Nu. 86; φιλέειν ἀπὸ κ. Theoc. 29.4 (but ἐρεῖν τἀπὸ κ. to speak freely, E. IA 475); λαλῆσαι ἐπὶ καρδίαν τινός speak kindly to.., LXX Jd. 19.3.
2. inclination, desire, purpose, ἔμ' ὀτρύνει κραδίη καὶ θυμός Il. 10.220; πρόφρων κ. ἐν πάντεσσι πόνοισι ib. 244; καρδίας δ' ἐξίσταμαι S. Ant. 1105.
3. mind, ὡς ἄνοον κραδίην ἔχες Il. 21.441; κραδίη πόρφυρε Od. 4.572; κραδίη προτιόσσετ' ὄλεθρον 5.389; εἰ θεάσῃ τοῖς τῆς καρδίας ὀφθαλμοῖς Corp.Herm. 4.11, cf. 7.2; διαλογισμοὶ ἀναβαίνουσι ἐν τῇ κ. Luke 24:38.
II cardiac orifice of the stomach, Th. 2.49, Hp. Prorrh. 1.72, Gal. 8.338, al.
III heart in wood, pith, Thphr. HP 3.14.1; = ἐντεριώνη, ib. 1.2.6; ἀρτεμισίας μονοκλώνου καρδίας ζ PMag.Berol. 1.245, cf. PMag. Leid.V. 13.24; λαβὼν βάϊν Χλωρὰν καὶ τῆς κ. κρατήσας σχίσον εἰς δύο PMag.Leid.W. 6.51. metaph., κ. θαλάσσης depths of the sea, LXX Ezekiel 27:4. Κ. Λέοντος, name of the star Regulus, Gem. 3.5. (I.- E. [kcirc ]ṛd-, cf. Lat. cor(d)-, Lith. širdis 'heart', etc.)
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.)
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καρία , -ας , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3820, H3824;]
the heart,
1. the bodily organ which is regarded as the seat of life (2 Samuel 18:14, 2 Kings 9:24, al.).
2. In a psychological sense, the seat of mans collective energies, the focus of personal life, the seat of the rational as well as the emotional and volitional elements in human life, hence that wherein lies the moral and religious condition of the man (DB, ii, 317 f.; DCG, ii, 3440);
(a) of the seat of physical life (Judges 19:5, Psalms 102:5; Psalms 104:15): Acts 14:17, James 5:5;
(b) of the seat of spiritual life: Matthew 5:8, Mark 7:19, Luke 1:51, Acts 5:3, Romans 10:9-10, Ephesians 6:5, al.; pl., Matthew 9:4, Mark 2:6, al.; opp. to στόμα , χείλεα , πρόσωπον , Matthew 15:8, Mark 7:6, Romans 10:8-9, 2 Corinthians 5:12; περιτομὴ καρδίας , Romans 2:20; ἐκ κ ., Romans 6:17, 1 Peter 1:22; ἀπὸ τῶν κ ., Matthew 18:35; ἐν ὅλῃ (ἐξ ὅλης ) τ . κ ., Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30 (LXX); γινώσκειν (ἐρευνᾶν , δοκιμᾶζειν ) Τὰς κ ., Luke 16:15, Romans 8:27, 1 Thessalonians 2:4; to think, etc., ἐν τ . κ ., Matthew 9:4, Mark 2:6, Luke 12:45, Romans 10:6; συνιέναι (νοεῖν ) τῇ κ ., Matthew 13:15, John 12:40; ἐπαχύνθη ἡ κ ., Matthew 13:15 (LXX); πωροῦν τὴν κ ., John 12:40; κ . εὐθεῖα , Acts 8:21; πονηρά , Hebrews 3:12; ἀμετανόητος , Romans 2:5; εἶναι (ἔχειν ) ἐν τῇ κ ., 2 Corinthians 7:3, Philippians 1:7; ὀδύνη τῇ κ ., Romans 9:2.
3. Of the central or innermost part of anything (of the pith of wood, Arist.): τ . γῆς , Matthew 12:40 (Cremer, 343 ff.).
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In the magic P Lond 46.157 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 70) we read of—καρδία περιεζωσμένη ὄφιν. With Luke 24:32 we may compare ib. 121.472 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 99) καιομένην τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὴν καρδίαν. The same conjunction of ψυχή and καρδία (cf. Matthew 22:37 al.) is seen in the imprecatory tablet Wünsch AF 3.15 (Imperial age) στρέβλωσον (cf. 2 Peter 3:16) αὐτῶν τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὴν καρδίαν. The new Logion 3 (P Oxy I. p. 3) πονεῖ ή ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅτι τυφλοί εἰσιν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶ [ν offers an interesting parallel to Ephesians 1:18.
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