Strong’s G2588 · Greek

καρδία
kardía

Definition

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

Etymology

prolonged from a primary (Latin cor, "heart");

Where the KJV renders it

  • (+ broken-)heart(-ed)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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