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Hughs, 2 Cor, 354); "desire-producer that makes us tick" (G. Archer), i.e our "desire-decisions" that establish who we really are.[Heart (<a href="/greek/2588.htm">2588</a> /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.]<iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div>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: <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/18-14.htm">2 Samuel 18:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24</a>; 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 (<a href="/interlinear/psalms/101-5.htm">Psalm 101:5</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 102:5>); στήρισον τήν καρδίαν σου ψωμῷ ἄρτου, <a href="/interlinear/judges/19-5.htm">Judges 19:5</a>; to which add <a href="/interlinear/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 104:15>)): τρέφειν τάς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/james/5-5.htm">James 5:5</a>; ἐμπιπλῶν τάς καρδίας τροφῆς, <a href="/interlinear/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a>; βάρειν τῆς καρδίας κραιπάλῃ καί μέθη, <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a>; (but see b. δ. below); 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: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-8.htm">Matthew 5:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-21.htm">Matthew 6:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-19.htm">Mark 7:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-51.htm">Luke 1:51</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-51.htm">Luke 2:51</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-12.htm">Luke 8:12, 15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-3.htm">Acts 5:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-25.htm">1 Corinthians 14:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/6-11.htm">2 Corinthians 6:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/6-5.htm">Ephesians 6:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-22.htm">Colossians 3:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-4.htm">1 Peter 3:4</a>, etc.; plural: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-4.htm">Matthew 9:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-6.htm">Mark 2:6, 8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-16.htm">Mark 4:16</a> (R L text Tr marginal reading); <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-17.htm">Luke 1:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-35.htm">Luke 2:35</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-22.htm">Luke 5:22</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/luke/24-38.htm">Luke 24:38</a> R G L marginal reading; <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a> L T Tr WH text); <a href="/interlinear/romans/2-15.htm">Romans 2:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/3-2.htm">2 Corinthians 3:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-6.htm">Galatians 4:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/4-7.htm">Philippians 4:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19</a> Lachmann; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a> (T WH marginal reading singular); <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-16.htm">Hebrews 10:16</a>, etc. ἡ καρδία is distinguished from τό στόμα or from τά χειλεα: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8, 18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/6-11.htm">2 Corinthians 6:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/10-8.htm">Romans 10:8</a>f; from τό πρόσωπον: <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-12.htm">2 Corinthians 5:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/2-17.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:17</a>; περιτομή καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/romans/2-29.htm">Romans 2:29</a>; ἀπερίτμητοι τῇ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a> (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), <a href="/interlinear/romans/6-17.htm">Romans 6:17</a>; and L T Tr WH in <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-22.htm">1 Peter 1:22</a>, where R G ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας, as in <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1-5.htm">1 Timothy 1:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/2-22.htm">2 Timothy 2:22</a>; ἀπό τῶν καρδιῶν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-35.htm">Matthew 18:35</a> (ἀπό καρδίας εὐχάριστος τοῖς θεοῖς, Antoninus 2, 3); ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδία and ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/12-30.htm">Mark 12:30, 33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-27.htm">Luke 10:27</a>, and Rec. in <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-37.htm">Acts 8:37</a> (<a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Deuteronomy 26:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/118-34.htm">Psalm 118:34</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 119:34>)); μετ' ἀληθινῆς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hebrews 10:22</a>. ἐρευναν τάς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-27.htm">Romans 8:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a>; δοκιμάζειν, <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:4</a>; γινώσκειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-15.htm">Luke 16:15</a> (ἐτάζειν, <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/7-10.htm">Psalm 7:10</a>); διανοίγειν τήν καρδίαν (see διανοίγω, 2), <a href="/interlinear/acts/16-14.htm">Acts 16:14</a>; ἦν ἡ καρδία καί ἡ ψυχή μία, there was perfect unanimity, agreement of heart and soul, <a href="/interlinear/acts/4-32.htm">Acts 4:32</a>; τιθέναι τί ἐν τῇ καρδία (בְּלֵב and לֵב עַל שׂוּם, <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/21-12.htm">1 Samuel 21:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/malachi/2-2.htm">Malachi 2:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/daniel/1-8.htm">Daniel 1:8</a>; τιθέναι ἐν στηθεσσιν, ἐν φρεσίν, etc., in Homer), to lay a thing up in the heart to be considered more carefully and pondered, <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-66.htm">Luke 1:66</a>; to fix in the heart i. e. to purpose, plan, to do something, <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-4.htm">Acts 5:4</a> (A. V. conceived in thy heart); also εἰς τήν καρδίαν (L T Tr WH ἐν τήν καρδίαν) followed by the infinitive, <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-14.htm">Luke 21:14</a>; βάλλειν εἰς τήν καρδίαν τίνος, followed by ἵνα, to put into one's mind the design of doing a thing, <a href="/interlinear/john/13-2.htm">John 13:2</a>; also διδόναι followed by an infinitive, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/17-17.htm">Revelation 17:17</a>; ἀναβαίνει ἐπί τήν καρδίαν τίνος, followed by an infinitive, the purpose to do a thing comes into the mind, <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-23.htm">Acts 7:23</a>; ἐν τῇ καρδία joined to verbs of thinking, reflecting upon, doubting, etc.: ἐνθυμεῖσθαι, διαλογίζεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-4.htm">Matthew 9:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-6.htm">Mark 2:6, 8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-15.htm">Luke 3:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-22.htm">Luke 5:22</a>; λέγειν, εἰπεῖν (בְּלִבּו אָמַר), to think, consider with oneself, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-48.htm">Matthew 24:48</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-45.htm">Luke 12:45</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7</a> (<a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/8-17.htm">Deuteronomy 8:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4</a>); συμβάλλειν, to revolve in mind, <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-19.htm">Luke 2:19</a>; διακρίνεσθαι, to doubt, <a href="/interlinear/mark/11-23.htm">Mark 11:23</a>; διαλογισμοί ἀναβαινουσι, of persons in doubt, <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-38.htm">Luke 24:38</a> (R G L marginal reading plural); ἀναβαίνει τί ἐπί καρδίαν, the thought of a thing enters the mind, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/2-9.htm">1 Corinthians 2:9</a>. β. specifically, of the understanding, the faculty and seat of intelligence (often so in Homer also (cf. Nägelsbach, Homer. Theol., p. 319f; Zezschwitz, Profangräcität as above with, pp. 25f, 50); cor domicilium sapientiae, Lactantius, de opif. dei c. 10, cf. Cicero, Tusc. 1, 9; לֵב, <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/10-2.htm">1 Kings 10:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/12-3.htm">Job 12:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/17-4.htm">Job 17:4</a>, etc.; (cf. Meyer on <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-18.htm">Ephesians 1:18</a> and references)): <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">2 Corinthians 4:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-18.htm">Ephesians 1:18</a> (Rec. διανοίας); <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/1-19.htm">2 Peter 1:19</a>; συνιέναι τῇ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-27.htm">Acts 28:27</a>; νόειν τῇ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/john/12-40.htm">John 12:40</a>. of the dullness of a mind incapable of perceiving and understanding divine things the following expressions occur: ἐπαχύνθη ἡ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-27.htm">Acts 28:27</a>, (from <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/6-10.htm">Isaiah 6:10</a>); πωρουν τήν καρδίαν, <a href="/interlinear/john/12-40.htm">John 12:40</a>; πεπωρωμένη καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-52.htm">Mark 6:52</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/8-17.htm">Mark 8:17</a>; ἡ πώρωσις τῆς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-5.htm">Mark 3:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a>; βραδύς τῇ καρδία, slow of heart, <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25</a>; κάλυμμα ἐπί τήν καρδίαν κεῖται, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/3-15.htm">2 Corinthians 3:15</a>. γ. of the will and character: ἁγνίζειν καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a>; καθαρίζειν τάς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-9.htm">Acts 15:9</a> ῥερραντίσμενοι τάς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hebrews 10:22</a>; καρδία εὐθεῖα (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32), <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-21.htm">Acts 8:21</a>; πονηρά, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a> (cf. 11. § 132, 24; Winer's Grammar, 194 (183)); ἀμετανόητος, <a href="/interlinear/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a>; γεγυμνασμενη πλεονεξίας, <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14</a>; στηρίζειν τάς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:13</a>; βεβαιουν, in passive, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/13-9.htm">Hebrews 13:9</a>; σκληρύνειν, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8</a>; ἡ ἐπίνοια τῆς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-22.htm">Acts 8:22</a>; αἱ βουλαί τῶν καρδιῶν <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">1 Corinthians 4:5</a>; προαιρεῖσθαι τῇ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-7.htm">2 Corinthians 9:7</a>; κρίνειν (to determine) and ἑδραῖος ἐν τῇ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-37.htm">1 Corinthians 7:37</a>. δ. "of the soul so far forth 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": ἡ καρδία καιομένη ἦν, of the soul as greatly and peculiarly moved, <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-32.htm">Luke 24:32</a>; αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῶν καρδιῶν, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24</a>; στηρίζειν τάς καρδίας, of the cultivation of constancy and endurance, <a href="/interlinear/james/5-8.htm">James 5:8</a>. in reference to good-will and love: ἐήξειν τινα ἐν τῇ καρδία, to have one in one's heart, of constant remembrance and steadfast affection, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-7.htm">Philippians 1:7</a> (`te tamen in toto pectore semper habet' Ovid. trist. 5, 4, 24); εἶναι ἐν τῇ καρδία τίνος, to be cherished in one's heart, to be loved by one perpetually and unalterably, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-3.htm">2 Corinthians 7:3</a>; εὐδοκία τῆς καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/romans/10-1.htm">Romans 10:1</a>. in reference to joy and pleasure: ηὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-26.htm">Acts 2:26</a> (from <a href="/interlinear/psalms/15-9.htm">Psalm 15:9</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 16:9>)); χαρήσεται ἡ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/john/16-22.htm">John 16:22</a>; ἀνήρ κατά τήν καρδίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, i. e. in whom God delights, <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-22.htm">Acts 13:22</a>; of the pleasure given by food, <a href="/interlinear/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> ((Winer's Grammar, 156 (148) note) see 2 a. above). in reference to grief, pain, anguish, etc.: ἡ λύπη πεπλήρωκε τήν καρδίαν, <a href="/interlinear/john/16-6.htm">John 16:6</a>; ὀδύνη τῇ καρδία μου, <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-2.htm">Romans 9:2</a>; ἡ καρδία ταράσσεται, <a href="/interlinear/john/14-1.htm">John 14:1, 27</a>; συνοχή καρδίας, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">2 Corinthians 2:4</a>; βάρειν τῆς καρδίας μερίμναις βιωτικαῖς, <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a> (cf. 2 a. above); διαπρίομαι τῇ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-54.htm">Acts 7:54</a>; συντετριμμένος τήν καρδίαν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a> R L brackets; κατενύγησαν τῇ καρδία, <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-37.htm">Acts 2:37</a> (L T Tr WH τήν καρδίαν); συνθρύπτειν τήν καρδίαν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-13.htm">Acts 21:13</a>. ε. of a soul conscious of good or bad deeds (our conscience): <a href="/interlinear/1_john/3-20.htm">1 John 3:20</a>f (<a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/7-22.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:22</a>; so לֵבָב, <a href="/interlinear/job/27-6.htm">Job 27:6</a>; ἡ καρδία πατασσει τινα, <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/24-6.htm">1 Samuel 24:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/24-10.htm">2 Samuel 24:10</a>). 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), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a> (τῆς θαλάσσης, <a href="/interlinear/jonah/2-4.htm">Jonah 2:4</a> for לֵב; and for the same ἐν μέσῳ θαλάσσης, <a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-8.htm">Exodus 15:8, 19</a>; add Baruch 6: (Epistle Jer.) <BIBLE/VERSE_ONLY:Baruch 6:19>; τῆς κλεψυδρας, Aristotle, probl. 16, 8 (others, κώδια)). Cf. Beck, Biblical Seelenlehre, chapter iii. § 20ff, p. 64ff; Delitzsch, Biblical Psychologie (Leipz. 1861) iv. § 12, p. 248ff (also in Herzog 2, vi. 57ff); Oehler in Herzog vi., p. 15ff (also in his O. T. Theol. (edited by Day) § 71); Wittichen in Schenkel iii. 71f. <iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>the heart, thoughts, feelingsProlonged 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). <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>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<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><a href="/greek/2588.htm">Strong's Greek 2588</a> <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">158 Occurrences</a> <a href="/greek/kardia_2588.htm">καρδίᾳ — 54 Occ.</a> <a href="/greek/kardiai_2588.htm">καρδίαι — 2 Occ.</a> <a href="/greek/kardiais_2588.htm">καρδίαις — 21 Occ.</a> <a href="/greek/kardian_2588.htm">καρδίαν — 19 Occ.</a> <a href="/greek/kardias_2588.htm">καρδίας — 58 Occ.</a> <a href="/greek/kardio_n_2588.htm">καρδιῶν — 4 Occ.</a> <a href="/text/matthew/5-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ ὅτι αὐτοὶ <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are the pure in heart, for they shall see <a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [are] the pure in heart: for <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> pure in heart for they<a href="/text/matthew/5-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> committed adultery with her in his heart. <a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in his heart. <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the heart of him<a href="/text/matthew/6-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 6:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> καὶ ἡ καρδία σου <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/kjvs/matthew/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> will your heart be also. <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also the heart of you<a href="/text/matthew/9-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Plural">N-DFP</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are you thinking evil in your hearts? <a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in your hearts? <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the hearts of you<a href="/text/matthew/11-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 11:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ εὑρήσετε <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND <a href="/kjvs/matthew/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and lowly in heart: and ye shall find <a href="/interlinear/matthew/11-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> humble [in] the heart and you will find<a href="/text/matthew/12-34.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:34</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> περισσεύματος τῆς καρδίας τὸ στόμα <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out of that which fills the heart. <a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the abundance of the heart the mouth <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-34.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> abundance of the heart the mouth<a href="/text/matthew/12-40.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:40</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς γῆς <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> nights in the heart of the earth. <a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> nights in the heart of the earth. <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-40.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the heart of the earth<a href="/text/matthew/13-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE <a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> people's heart is waxed gross, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> indeed the heart people<a href="/text/matthew/13-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσιν καὶ <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, <a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> should understand with [their] heart, and <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and with the heart they should understand and<a href="/text/matthew/13-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὗτός <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> has been sown in his heart. This <a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in his heart. This is <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the heart of him This<a href="/text/matthew/15-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 15:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR <a href="/kjvs/matthew/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but their heart is far <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with the moreover heart of them far<a href="/text/matthew/15-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 15:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐκ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχεται κἀκεῖνα <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> come from the heart, and those <a href="/kjvs/matthew/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the heart; and they <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> out of the heart come forth and these<a href="/text/matthew/15-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 15:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> γὰρ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχονται διαλογισμοὶ <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For out of the heart come evil <a href="/kjvs/matthew/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For out of the heart proceed evil <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> indeed the heart come forth thoughts<a href="/text/matthew/18-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 18:35</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural">N-GFP</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> his brother from your heart. <a href="/kjvs/matthew/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ye from your hearts forgive not <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> from the heart of you<a href="/text/matthew/22-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 22:37</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL <a href="/kjvs/matthew/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all thy heart, and with <a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all the heart of you and<a href="/text/matthew/24-48.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 24:48</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ Χρονίζει <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> says in his heart, My master <a href="/kjvs/matthew/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in his heart, My lord <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-48.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the heart of him Delays<a href="/text/mark/2-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 2:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Plural">N-DFP</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> there and reasoning in their hearts, <a href="/kjvs/mark/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in their hearts, <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the hearts of them<a href="/text/mark/2-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 2:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Plural">N-DFP</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> about these things in your hearts? <a href="/kjvs/mark/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in your hearts? <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the hearts of you<a href="/text/mark/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 3:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> πωρώσει τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν λέγει <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> at their hardness of heart, He said <a href="/kjvs/mark/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of their hearts, he saith <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hardness of the heart of them he says<a href="/text/mark/6-52.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 6:52</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> αὐτῶν ἡ καρδία πεπωρωμένη <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the [incident of] the loaves, but their heart was hardened. <a href="/kjvs/mark/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for their heart was hardened. <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-52.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of them the heart hardened<a href="/text/mark/7-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 7:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR <a href="/kjvs/mark/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but their heart is far <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> but [the] heart of them far<a href="/text/mark/7-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 7:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> εἰς τὴν καρδίαν ἀλλ' εἰς <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, <a href="/kjvs/mark/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into his heart, but into <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the heart but into<a href="/text/mark/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 7:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐκ τῆς καρδίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For from within, out of the heart of men, <a href="/kjvs/mark/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> out of the heart of men, <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> out of the heart of men<a href="/text/mark/8-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 8:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἔχετε τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Do you have a hardened heart? <a href="/kjvs/mark/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> have ye your heart yet hardened? <a href="/interlinear/mark/8-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have you the heart of you<a href="/text/mark/11-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 11:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a> <a href="/interlinear/mark/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and does not doubt in his heart, but believes <a href="/kjvs/mark/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in his heart, but shall believe <a href="/interlinear/mark/11-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the heart of him but<a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">158 Occurrences</a> </div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/2587.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2587"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2587" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2589.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2589"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2589" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>