Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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Revelation 18:7
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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לֵב
lêb · labe
486 times translated as this KJV form577 total Strong's occurrences
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Strong's KJV usage: care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 6:5Strong's last: Malachi 4:6
Open full H3820 profile →לֵבָב
lêbâb · lay-bawb'
208 times translated as this KJV form243 total Strong's occurrences
the heart (as the most interior organ);
Strong's KJV usage: bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, × unawares, understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 20:5Strong's last: Zechariah 7:10
Open full H3824 profile →καρδία
kardía · kar-dee'-ah
101 times translated as this KJV form171 total Strong's occurrences
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
Strong's KJV usage: :--(+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:8Strong's last: Revelation 18:7
Open full G2588 profile →נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh · neh'-fesh
12 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Strong's KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 23:9Strong's last: Hosea 4:8
Open full H5315 profile →לְבַב
lᵉbab · leb-ab'
7 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: heart.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:30Strong's last: Daniel 7:4
Open full H3825 profile →σκληροκαρδία
sklērokardía · sklay-rok-ar-dee'-ah
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
hard-heartedness, i.e. (specially), destitution of (spiritual) perception
Strong's KJV usage: :--hardness of heart.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 10:5Strong's last: Mark 16:14
Open full G4641 profile →לָבַב
lâbab · law-bab'
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from 3824); to unheart; i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
Strong's KJV usage: make cakes, ravish, be wise.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 4:9Strong's last: Song of Solomon 4:9
Open full H3823 profile →לִבָּה
libbâh · lib-baw'
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
the heart
Strong's KJV usage: heart.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 24:12Strong's last: Ezekiel 16:30
Open full H3826 profile →ψυχή
psychḗ · psoo-khay'
1 times translated as this KJV form112 total Strong's occurrences
breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416)
Strong's KJV usage: :--heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
Strong's first: Ephesians 6:6Strong's last: Ephesians 6:6
Open full G5590 profile →בָּל
bâl · bawl
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
properly, anxiety, i.e. (by implication) the heart (as its seat)
Strong's KJV usage: heart.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:14Strong's last: Daniel 6:14
Open full H1079 profile →לֵב
lêb · labe
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: heart.
Strong's first: Daniel 7:28Strong's last: Daniel 7:28
Open full H3821 profile →מֵעֶה
mêʻeh · may-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: belly, bowels, × heart, womb.
Strong's first: Psalms 40:8Strong's last: Psalms 40:8
Open full H4578 profile →קֶרֶב
qereb · keh'-reb
1 times translated as this KJV form225 total Strong's occurrences
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
Strong's KJV usage: × among, × before, bowels, × unto charge, eat (up), × heart, × him, × in, inward (× -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, out of, purtenance, × therein, × through, × within self.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 9:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 9:8
Open full H7130 profile →שֶׂכְוִי
sekvîy · sek-vee'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
observant, i.e. (concretely) the mind
Strong's KJV usage: heart.
Strong's first: Job 38:36Strong's last: Job 38:36
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H3820
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
H3820
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
H3820
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
H3820
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
H3820
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
H3820
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
H3820
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
H3820
And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
H3820
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
H3820
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
H3824
And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
H3824
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
English meaning and historical usage.
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heart
HEART, noun [Latin cor, cordis, and allied to Eng.core, or named from motion, pulsation.]
1. A muscular viscus, which is the primary organ of the blood's motion in an animal body, situated in the thorax. From this organ all the arteries arise, and in it all the veins terminate. By its alternate dilatation and contraction, the blood is received from the veins, and returned through the arteries, by which means the circulation is carried on and life preserved.
2. The inner part of any thing; the middle part or interior; as the heart of a country, kingdom or empire; the heart of a town; the heart of a tree.
3. The chief part; the vital part; the vigorous or efficacious part.
4. The seat of the affections and passions, as of love, joy, grief, enmity, courage, pleasure etc.
The heart is deceitful above all things. Every imagination of the thoughts of the heart is evil continually. We read of an honest and good heart and an evil heart of unbelief, a willing heart a heavy heart sorrow of heart a hard heart a proud heart a pure heart The heart faints in adversity, or under discouragement, that is, courage fails; the heart is deceived, enlarged, reproved, lifted up, fixed, established, moved, etc.
5. By a metonymy, heart is used for an affection or passion, and particularly for love.
The king's heart was towards Absalom. 2 Samuel 14:1.
6. The seat of the understanding; as an understanding heart
We read of men wise in heart and slow of heart
7. The seat of the will; hence, secret purposes, intentions or designs. There are many devices in a man's heart The heart of kings is unsearchable. The Lord tries and searches the heart David had it in his heart to build a house of rest for the ark.
Sometimes heart is used for the will, or determined purpose.
The heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Ecclesiastes 8:5.
8. Person; character; used with respect to courage or kindess.
Cheerly, my hearts.
9. Courage; spirit; as, to take heart; to give heart; to recover heart
10. Secret thoughts; recesses of the mind.
Michal saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart 2 Samuel 6:16.
11. Disposition of mind.
He had a heart to do well.
12. Secret meaning; real intention.
And then show you the heart of my message.
13. Conscience, or sense of good or ill.
Every man's heart and conscience--doth either like or disallow it.
14. Strength; power of producing; vigor; fertility. Keep the land in heart
That the spent earth may gather heart again.
15. The utmost degree.
This gay charm--hath beguiled me
To the very heart of loss.
To get or learn by heart to commit to memory; to learn so perfectly as to be able to repeat without a copy.
To take to heart to be much affected; also, to be zealous, ardent or solicitous about a thing; to have concern.
To lay to heart is used nearly in the sense of the foregoing.
To set the heart on, to fix the desires on; to be very desirous of obtaining or keeping; to be very fond of.
To set the heart at rest, to make one's self quiet; to be tranquil or easy in mind.
To find in the heart to be willing or disposed.
I find it in my heart to ask your pardon.
For my heart for tenderness or affection.
I could not for my heart refuse his request.
Or, this phrase may signify, for my life; if my life was at stake.
I could not get him for my heart to do it.
To speak to one's heart in Scripture, to speak kindly to; to comfort; to encourage.
To have in the heart to purpose; to have design or intention.
A hard heart cruelty; want of sensibility.
HE'ART, verb intransitive To encourage. [Not much used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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