καρδία

καρδία, -ας, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for לֵבָב ,לֵב ;]

the heart,

1. the bodily organ which is regarded as the seat of life ( 2 Kings 18:14, 2 Kings 9:24, al.).

2. In a psychological sense, the seat of man's 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, 317f.; DGG, ii, 344a);

(a) of the seat of physical life ( Judges 19:5, Psa.101 (102):5 103 (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.; opposite to στόμα, χείλεα, πρόσωπον, Matthew 15:8, Mark 7:6, Romans 10:8, 9 2 Corinthians 5:12; περιτομὴ καρδίας, Romans 2:29; ἐκ κ., Romans 6:17, 1 Peter 1:22; ἀπὸ τῶν κ., Matthew 18:35; ἐν ὅλῃ (ἐξ ὅλης), Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30" (LXX) ; γινώσκειν (ἐρευνᾶν, δοκιμάζειν) 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, 343ff.).