heart, inner man, mind, will
heart, inner man, mind, will. Inner core of personhood, seat of intellect, emotion, volition, and moral choice; fountain of spiritual life.
heart, core of moral volition
heart, core of moral volition. Fuller anatomical form of lev; moral volition and interior integrity ('love the LORD with all your heart', Deuteronomy 6:5).
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...
integrity, completeness, innocence
integrity, completeness, innocence. Simplicity, uprightness, unblemished moral integrity; walking before God with whole undivided heart (Psalm 26:1).
badness, wickedness, sorrow
badness, wickedness, sorrow. Badness, wickedness of heart, sorrow of countenance; describes fallen corrupt imagination of human heart (Jeremiah 4:4).
soul, life, living being, person
soul, life, living being, person. Throat, neck, appetite, breath, life, living creature; in biblical anthropology, humanity was created a living soul (nephesh chayah), a psychophysical unity.
compassion, pity, a heart of compassion
compassion, pity, a heart of compassion. Primary meaning: compassion, pity, a heart of compassion. Strong's: pity. Lexical nuances: compassion , pity : σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ , a heart of compassion , Col 3:12 ; in pl. (as LXX for Heb. רַחֲמִים ), οἰ. τ. θεοῦ , Ro 12:1 , He 10:28 ; ὁ πατὴρ τῶν οἰ , II Co 1:3 ; σπλάγχνα κ. οἰ. , Phl 2:1 .†
to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet
to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet. Primary meaning: to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet. Strong's: to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise). Lexical nuances: to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet : absol., Ja 4:2 , Ro 7:7 13:9 (LXX) , I Co 10:6 (of. IV Mac 2:6 ); seq. κατά (against, in opposition to), Ga 5:17 ; prop. (as in cl.) c. gen., Ac 20:33 , I Ti 3:1 ; in late Gk. also c. acc (M, Pr. , 65), Mt 5:28 (Rec. αὐτῆς ; T omits; cf. Ex 20:17 , Mi 2:2 , Wi 16:3 , al.); c. inf., Mt 13:17 , Lk 15:16 16:21 17:22 , I Pe 1:12 , Re 9:6 ; c. acc...
goodness, excellence, uprightness, goodness of heart, kindness
goodness, excellence, uprightness, goodness of heart, kindness. Primary meaning: goodness, excellence, uprightness, goodness of heart, kindness. Strong's: usefulness, i.e. morally, excellence (in character or demeanor). Lexical nuances: goodness, excellence, uprightness : Ro 3:12 (LXX) . goodness of heart, kindness : Ro 2:4 , II Co 6:6 , Ga 5:22 , Col 3:12 , Tit 3:4 ; seq. ἐπί , c. acc. pers., Eph 2:7 ; id., opp. to ἀποτομία , Ro 11:22 .
breath, breath of life, life, the vital principle
breath, breath of life, life, the vital principle. Primary meaning: breath, breath of life, life, the vital principle, the soul. Strong's: breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151 (πνεῦμα), which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222 (ζωή), which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H05315, H07307 and H02416). Lexical nuances: breath (Lat. anima ), breath of life, life (Hom., al.; in Arist., of the vital principle ): Mt 6:25 , Mk 3:4 10:45 , Lk 12:22 , Jo 10:11 , Ac 20:10 , 24 , II Co 1:23 , Phl 2:30 , I Th 2:8 , al. the soul , as the seat of the will, desires and affections: Mt 26:38 , Mk 12:30 (LXX) 14:34 , Lk 1:46 , Jo 10:24 , Ac 14:2 , Phl 1:27 , al.; ἐκ ψυχῆς , from the heart , heartily : Eph 6:6 , Col 3:23 ; as...
Romans • Chapter 10 (21 verses)
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have n... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Moses .
Exodus • Chapter 10 (29 verses)
And the Lord said unto Moses , Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt , and my signs w... Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Egypt .
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 2 (26 verses)
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to l... Mentions: Jerusalem .
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 9 (18 verses)
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to th...
Acts • Chapter 5 (42 verses)
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Ho... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Solomon's , Jerusalem , Galilee .
Proverbs • Chapter 3 (35 verses)
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
to love, desire, delight in
to love, desire, delight in. To love, delight in; commanded in Shema ('love the LORD your God with all your heart', Deuteronomy 6:5) and neighbor love (Leviticus 19:18).
Proverbs • Chapter 21 (31 verses)
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
kidneys, reins, seat of inner emotion
kidneys, reins, seat of inner emotion. Kidneys; physical organ and figurative seat of innermost emotions and secret motives searched by God alongside heart.
Ezekiel • Chapter 28 (26 verses)
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre , Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou se... Mentions: Daniel , Jacob/Israel , Tyre , Eden .
Jeremiah • Chapter 17 (27 verses)
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. O my mountain in th... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , David , Benjamin , Jerusalem .
Proverbs • Chapter 7 (27 verses)
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Mentions: Egypt .
Proverbs • Chapter 2 (22 verses)
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 10 (20 verses)
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, h...
Romans • Chapter 9 (33 verses)
I say the truth in Christ , I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Esau ( Edom ), Esau, Sodom .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 3 (18 verses)
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ minis... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Moses .
John • Chapter 14 (31 verses)
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Judas .
1 Samuel • Chapter 2 (36 verses)
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. Talk n... Mentions: Elkanah , Eli , Samuel , Jacob/Israel , Phinehas , Ramah 1 , Shiloh , Egypt .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 17 (27 verses)
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. And it cam... Mentions: David, Nathan, Jacob/Israel , Egypt .
to be clean, pure, cleanse, purge
to be clean, pure, cleanse, purge. To be ritually pure, morally purged; gracious act of God purifying sinner's heart ('Create in me a clean heart', Psalm 51:10).
Psalms • Chapter 111 (10 verses)
Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for eve...
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 5 (15 verses)
Set not your heart upon your goods; And say not, They are sufficient for me. Follow not your own mind and your strength, To walk in the desires of your heart; And say not, Who shall have dominion over me? For the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 7 (29 verses)
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughte...
2 Samuel • Chapter 14 (33 verses)
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. And Joab sent to Tekoa , and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a wo... Mentions: Zeruiah , Jacob/Israel , Tamar , Tekoa , Geshur , Jerusalem , Tamar 2 .
Colossians • Chapter 2 (23 verses)
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea , and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the ackn... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Laodicea .
Psalms • Chapter 101 (8 verses)
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; ...