Definition:
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.). (AS)
Definition:
καρδί-α, ἡ,
Ionic dialect καρδίη,
Epic dialect κρᾰδίη (καρδίη in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] only in καρδίῃ ἄλληκτον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+] always in Trag, except in some dact. and
anapaest meter verses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Aeolic dialect κάρζα [
Refs] (but καρδία [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
κορζία (Paph.), [
Refs 5th c.AD+]:—
heart, ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίη μεγάλα στέρνοισι πατάσσει [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πηδᾷ ἡ κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially as the seat of feeling and passion, as rage or anger, οἰδάνεται κραδίη Χόλῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; καρδίης πλέως full of
heart, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; of fear or courage, κυνὸς ὄμματ᾽ ἔχων, κραδίην δ᾽ ἐλάφοιο [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; [σφηκῶν] κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἔχοντες [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν νέον τίνα οἴει κ. ἴσχει; what do you think are his
feelings? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sorrow or joy, ἐν κραδίῃ μέγα πένθος ἄεξε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κελαινόχρως. πάλλεταί μου κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, Sapph.[same place], etc; ἐκ τῆς κ. φιλεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φιλέειν ἀπὸ κ. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]. to speak
freely, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαλῆσαι ἐπὶ καρδίαν τινός speak
kindly to, [
LXX]
2)
inclination, desire, purpose, ἔμ᾽ ὀτρύνει κραδίη καὶ θυμός [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρόφρων κ. ἐν πάντεσσι πόνοισι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
mind, ὡς ἄνοον κραδίην ἔχες [
Refs 8th c.BC+], compare 7.2; διαλογισμοὶ ἀναβαίνουσι ἐν τῇ κ. [
NT]
II)
cardiac orifice of the stomach, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
heart in wood, pith, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ={ἐντεριώνη},[
Refs]
IV)
metaphorically, κ. θαλάσσης
depths of the sea, [
LXX]
V) Κ. Λέοντος, name of the star [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
[kcirc]ṛd-, cf. Latin
cor(d)-, Lithuanian
širdis 'heart', etc.)