καρδία (kardia)
καρδία (kardia) (Greek Lexicon • G2588 • the heart): the heart. Primary meaning: the heart. Strong's: the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle. Lexical nuances: the heart , the bodily organ which is regarded as the seat of life ( II Ki 18:14 , IV Ki 9:24 , al.). 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, 317 f.; DGG , ii, 344 a ); of the... It is closely linked with Lev (Heart) Word Study (VIDEO • word-study): Explore the biblical meaning of the Heart (Hebrew Lev לֵב)—understood not merely as the center of emotion, but as the core seat of human thought, intellectual deliberation, and moral choice.