Kardia

kar-dee'-ah
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

Kardia Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 157
  1. the heart
    1. 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
    2. denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life
    3. the vigour and sense of physical life
    4. the centre and seat of spiritual life
      1. the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours
      2. of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence
      3. of the will and character
      4. 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
    5. of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
kardia
Origin
prolonged from a primary kar (Latin, cor, "heart")
Strong's Number
2588
TDNT Entry
3:605,415

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Kardia". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.