καρδία kardia

Greek word for “heart” · Strong’s G2588 · used 156 times in 149 verses

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Meaning

καρδία, -ας, ἡ; the heart;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kardia in context, with how often each is used:

• heart 101
• hearts 50
• his heart 2
• mind 1
• heart? 1
• our hearts 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 10 (5), Acts 7 (4), Hebrews 3 (4), Matthew 15 (3), Mark 7 (3), Luke 1 (3), Luke 2 (3), Luke 24 (3), Acts 2 (3), Romans 2 (3)

Forms

• καρδίας 57
• καρδίᾳ 35
• καρδίαις 21
• καρδία 19
• καρδίαν 18
• καρδιῶν 4
• καρδίαι 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kardia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• διάνοια dianoia “mind” 7
• διαλογισμός dialogismos “reasoning” 7
• γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 11
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 9
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 12
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 13
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 11
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 12
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 11
• στόμα stoma “mouth” 7
• πονηρός ponēros “evil/bad” 7
• λόγος logos “word” 10

Key verses

The verses using kardia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 21:34 — And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon…
• John 14:27 — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
• Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
• Romans 2:5 — But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Romans 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
• 2 Corinthians 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
• Colossians 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in…
• Hebrews 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• James 4:8 — Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
• 1 Peter 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart…
• Revelation 2:23 — And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.