Lexical Definition

‎καρδία‎ kardía (kar-dee'-ah) heart ^G:N-F
prolonged from a primary (Latin cor, "heart")

(+ broken-)heart(-ed).

• the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind)
• also (by analogy) the middle

Abbott-Smith

καρδία, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב;]
the heart,
1. the bodily organ which is regarded as the seat of life (II Ki 18:14, IV Ki 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, 317 f.; DGG, ii, 344a);
(a) of the seat of physical life (Jg 19:5, Ps 101 (102):5* 103 (104):15*): Ac 14:17, Ja 5:5;
(b) of the seat of spiritual life: Mt 5:8, Mk 7:19, Lk 1:51, Ac 5:3, Ro 10:9, 10, Eph 6:5, al.; pl., Mt 9:4, Mk 2:6, al.; opp. to στόμα, χείλεα, πρόσωπον, Mt 15:8, Mk 7:6, Ro 10:8, 9, II Co 5:12; περιτομὴ καρδίας, Ro 2:29; ἐκ κ., Ro 6:17, I Pe 1:22; ἀπὸ τῶν κ., Mt 18:35; ἐν ὅλῃ (ἐξ ὅλης), Mt 22:37, Mk 12:30(LXX); γινώσκειν (ἐρευνᾶν, δοκιμάζειν) τὰς κ., Lk 16:15, Ro 8:27, I Th 2:4; to think, etc., ἐν τ. κ., Mt 9:4, Mk 2:6, Lk 12:45, Ro 10:6; συνιέναι (νοεῖν) τῇ κ., Mt 13:15, Jo 12:40; ἐπαχύνθη ἡ κ., Mt 13:15(LXX); πωροῦν τὴν κ., Jo 12:40; κ. εὐθεῖα, Ac 8:21; πονηρά, He 3:12; ἀμετανόητος, Ro 2:5; εἶναι (ἔχειν) ἐν τῇ κ., II Co 7:3, Phl 1:7; ὀδύνη τῇ κ., Ro 9:2.
3. Of the central or innermost part of anything (of the pith of wood, Arist.): τ. γῆς, Mt 12:40 (Cremer, 343 ff.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καρδία-α, ἡ,

Ionic dialect καρδίαη, Epic dialect κρᾰδίη (καρδίαη in [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in καρδίαῃ ἄλληκτον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι [καρδίαα">Refs 8th c.BC+] always in Trag., except in some dact. and anapaest meter verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect κάρζα [Refs] (but καρδίαα [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+]; καρδίαης 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 [καρδίαα φόβῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 166; θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι κ. ἔχεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 88 ">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 [καρδίαην ἰαίνεται 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 36 ">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 καρδίααν τινός speak kindly to.., [LXX]

__2 inclination, desire, purpose, ἔμ᾽ ὀτρύνει κραδίη καὶ θυμός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρόφρων κ. ἐν πάντεσσι πόνοισι[καρδίαας δ᾽ ἐξίσταμαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1105. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 mind, ὡς ἄνοον κραδίην ἔχες [καρδίαας ὀφθαλμοῖς “Corpus Hermeticum” 4.11 ">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},[καρδίαας ζ “PMag.Berol.” 1.245, compare “PMag. Leid.V.” 13.24; λαβὼν βάϊν Χλωρὰν καὶ τῆς κ. κρατήσας σχίσον εἰς δύο “PMag.Leid.W.” 6.51. ">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.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Judg.19.3 ☩ Luke.24.38 ☩ LXX.Ezek.27.4}