hart (לב, lēbh, לבב, lēbhābh; καρδία, kardía): The different senses in which the word occurs in the Old Testament and the New Testament may be grouped under the following heads:
It represents in the first place the bodily organ, and by easy transition those experiences which affect or are affected by the body. Fear, love, courage, anger, Joy, sorrow, hatred are always ascribed to the heart—especially in the Old Testament; thus courage for which usually rūaḥ is used (Psalms 27:14); joy (Psalms 4:7); anger (Deuteronomy 19:6, “while his heart is hot,” lēbhābh); fear (1 Samuel 25:37); sorrow (Psalms 13:2), etc.
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Heart, bodily organ, seat of passion, soul, life, mind, heart and mind, heart soul, heart soul mind, all your heart, all thine heart, passion, nephesh, nefesh, psuche, psyche
Bible reference(s): 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Samuel 24:5, 1 Samuel 25:37, 2 Corinthians 1:22, Acts 1:24, Acts 15:9, Acts 7:51, Deuteronomy 19:6, Deuteronomy 6:5, Deuteronomy 7:17, Deuteronomy 8:5, Ephesians 3:16, Exodus 15:8, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:13, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 44:7, Galatians 4:6, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:21, Isaiah 14:13, Isaiah 44:19, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 9:26, Job 27:6, Job 36:13, Jonah 2:3, Leviticus 17:11, Leviticus 19:17, Luke 10:27, Mark 12:30, Matthew 15:19, Matthew 22:37, Numbers 16:22, Proverbs 11:20, Proverbs 26:23, Proverbs 6:32, Psalms 104:15, Psalms 112:7, Psalms 119:20, Psalms 13:2, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 4:7, Psalms 51:10, Psalms 86:4, Romans 10:10, Romans 2:15, Romans 5:5
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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