prolonged from a primary kar (Latin, cor, "heart")
Transliterated Word
Phonetic Spelling
Kardia
kar-dee'-ah
Parts of Speech
TDNT
Noun Feminine
3:605,415
Definition
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
Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Kardia". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2588>.
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