καρδία — heart · Greek word G2588

καρδίαkardia

heart

Greek · G2588 · 1,016 occurrences · 948 references

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καρδία, -ας, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for לֵבָב ,לֵב ;]
the heart,
__1. the bodily organ which is regarded as the seat of life ( 2Ki.18:14, 4Ki.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 ( Jdg.19:5, Psa.101 (102):5 103 (104):15): Act.14:17, Jas.5:5;
__(b) of the seat of spiritual life: Mat.5:8, Mrk.7:19, Luk.1:51, Act.5:3, Rom.10:9, 10 Eph.6:5, al.; pl., Mat.9:4, Mrk.2:6, al.; opposite to στόμα, χείλεα, πρόσωπον, Mat.15:8, Mrk.7:6, Rom.10:8, 9 2Co.5:12; περιτομὴ καρδίας, Rom.2:29; ἐκ κ., Rom.6:17, 1Pe.1:22; ἀπὸ τῶν κ., Mat.18:35; ἐν ὅλῃ (ἐξ ὅλης), Mat.22:37, Mrk.12:30" (LXX) ; γινώσκειν (ἐρευνᾶν, δοκιμάζειν) τὰς κ., Luk.16:15, Rom.8:27, 1Th.2:4; to think, etc., ἐν τ. κ., Mat.9:4, Mrk.2:6, Luk.12:45, Rom.10:6; συνιέναι (νοεῖν) τῇ κ., Mat.13:15, Jhn.12:40; ἐπαχύνθη ἡ κ., Mat.13:15 (LXX); πωροῦν τὴν κ., Jhn.12:40; κ. εὐθεῖα, Act.8:21; πονηρά, Heb.3:12; ἀμετανόητος, Rom.2:5; εἶναι (ἔχειν) ἐν τῇ κ., 2Co.7:3, Php.1:7; ὀδύνη τῇ κ., Rom.9:2.
__3. Of the central or innermost part of anything (of the pith of wood, Arist.): τ. γῆς, Mat.12:40 (Cremer, 343ff.).
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καρδία, ἡ, Ion. καρδίη, Ep. κραδίη (καρδίη in Hom. only in

A 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):—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. Ev.Luc. 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 ζ́ 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.

IV metaph., κ. θαλάσσης depths of the sea, LXX Ez. 27.4.

V Κ. Λέοντος, name of the star Regulus, Gem. 3.5. (I.- E. [kcirc ]ṛd-, cf. Lat. cor(d)-, Lith. širdis ‘heart’, etc.)

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