Greek semantic word

καρδία

Transliteration: kardia

10 lexical sense(s); 161 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: heart, inner self, mind

(a figurative extension of meaning of καρδία ‘heart,’ not occurring in the NT in its literal sense) the causative source of a person’s psychological life in its various aspects, but with special emphasis upon thoughts[source note 1]

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-01
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 2: depths, far inside

(a figurative extension of meaning of καρδία ‘heart,’ not occurring in the NT in its literal sense) a location deep within a larger area

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-02
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 3: to be greatly troubled, to be acutely distressed

(an idiom, literally: to pierce the heart) to experience acute emotional distress, implying both concern and regret

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-03
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 4: to be confident, to be assured

(an idiom, literally: to convince the heart) to exhibit confidence and assurance in a situation which might otherwise cause dismay or fear

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-04
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 5: to close someone’s mind, to make someone unable to learn

(an idiom, literally: to maim the heart) to cause someone to be unwilling to learn

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-05
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 6: to show affection for, to open one’s heart to

(an idiom, literally: to broaden the heart) to make evident that one has affection for someone

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-06
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 7: to make think, to fill the heart, to cause to decide

(an idiom, literally: to fill the heart, and: to throw into the heart) to cause someone to think in a particular manner, often as a means of inducing some behavior

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-07
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Sense 8: to have one’s heart made pure, to be purified in one’s heart, to be pure

(an idiom, literally: to be sprinkled in the heart) to be purified from moral failure

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-08
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 9: to make grieve, to break one’s heart

(an idiom, literally: to break the heart) to cause great sorrow and grief

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-09
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 10: to treasure up in the heart, to store in the mind as valuable, to make up one’s mind, to decide

(an idiom, literally: to place in the heart) to store information in the mind, with the implication of its being valuable

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002592-10
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Advanced record identity
Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-002592
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1.0
Direction
ltr
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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