v. Soul, Harden, Spirit, Mind
Gen 6:5 every design…of their c was…evil
Gen 50:21 fear.. So he comforted them, and spoke to the c
Num 15:39 look not after your c and
Deu 4:29 if you seek him with everything and with all your soul
Deu 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your c, and with
Deu 32:46 apply your ca all the words
Jdg 5:15 of Reuben there were great resolutions of the c
1Sa 10:9 it came to pass after .. God changed his c
1Sa 13:14 she has sought a man according to her c
1Sa 16:7 the man looks .. but the Lord looks at the c
1Sa 24:5 after this David’s c was troubled
1Sa 25:37 his c fainted on him, and he remained as
1Ki 3:9 therefore give to your servant c understanding to
1Ki 11:4 his c was not perfect with Jehovah his God
2Ki 5:26 was not my c also there, when
1Ch 22:7 in my c I had the build temple to
1Ch 28:9 for the Lord searches the c of all
1Ch 29:17 I know, my God, that you search the c
Job 22:22 out of his mouth, and put his words in your c
Job 23:16 God has c made me weak, and has troubled me
Job 32:19 verily my c is like wine that does not
Psa 7:9 the righteous God tries the mind and the c
Psalm 14:1; 53:1
Heart (Heb. lêb, lêbâb; Gr. kardía). Term, very frequent in the Scriptures, that is used very rarely with respect to the real organ of our body (1Sa 25:37; 2Ki 9:24; etc.). Generally designates the seat of various attitudes and emotions and intelligence. King Abimelech’s “singleness of heart” (Gen 20:5) expressed honesty of intent. Incidentally, it should be noted that Hos 13:8 speaks of the cavity, the enclosure (Heb. segôr), where the heart is nailed. The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart (Exo 8:32) indicated a rebellious attitude against God (cf Heb 3:7-10). The hearts of the inhabitants of Jericho had “fainted” when they heard what God had done for Israel; that is, fear and terror had seized them (Jos 2:11). A “heart of stone” describes a state of spiritual callousness and moral indifference (Eze 11:19). Although men can be “hypocrites at heart” (Job 36:13), have perverted hearts (Pro 6:18), proud (21:4), fearful (Isa 35:4), wicked and unbelieving (Heb 3:12 ), false and rebellious (Jer 5:23) and may have “idols” in their hearts (Eze 14:3), however, God can give each one a “heart of flesh”, a “new heart” ( 11:19; 18:31), indicating a complete change of attitudes, desires, and ambitions (2Co 5:17). Jesus Christ dwells in the heart through faith (Eph 3:17), Expressions such as “wise in heart” (Pro 10:8) and “were in their hearts” (Mar 2:6) show that the heart was attributed to the seat of intelligence (cf Exo 31:6, Deu 29:4; 1Ki 3:9). In Mat 12:40 there is a reference to the “heart of the earth”, that is, the grave.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Muscular organ, conical and hollow, located in the thorax, between the lungs, the size is equal to that of the fist. It is the engine of blood circulation. For the Hebrews, the c. it was the seat of the faculties of man, of thoughts, feelings, decisions, that is, the c. It is the interior of the human being. In the C. there is the moral conscience of man, the psalmist asks God to give him a c. neat, Salt 51 (50), 12 and 19; the prophet, figuratively, says that it is necessary to circumcise the c., Jr 4, 4; with the new alliance, God will inscribe the law in c. of man, Jr 31, 31-33; he will infuse you with a c. new, Ez 36, 26. Yahweh must be sought and loved with all c., Dt 4, 29; 6, 5; 10, 12; 13, 4; Joshua 22, 5; Mark 12, 30; Lk 10, 26. Man sees what appears to the eye, what is superficial, but God knows what is interior, c., despite appearances, 1 S 16, 7; God examines c. of man, Ps 17 (16), 3; 44 (43), 22; Jer 11, 20; 12, 3.
In the Scriptures figuratively, it is said that God has c., that he is irritated by the bad conduct of man, Gn 6, 6; just as he also calms down, Gn 8, 21; and we read the expression according to which God acts “according to his c.”, 1 Sam 13, 14. Jesus calls blessed those of c. clean, Mt 5, 8; what is good or what is bad comes out of the c., Lk 6, 45.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
In the Scriptures the term heart appears more than 900 times, almost never in a lit. sense; the main exception is found in Exo 28:29-30, which speaks of the breastplate of judgment on Aaron’s heart. The heart is referred to (as in modern usage) as the seat of the emotions (eg Gen 18:5; Psa 62:10) but also as the seat of the intellect (eg Gen 6:5 ) and of the will (eg, Psa 119:2). It often means the innermost being (eg Gen 6:6).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
In the Bible it is.
– Seat of thoughts, passions and desires. Mat 5:28, Mat 6:21, Mat 12:34-37, Mat 13:19, Mar 7:20-23, Mar 11:23, Luk 1:15, Luk 1:51, Joh 13:2 : – Source of righteousness and morality: Mat 5:18, Mat 5:13-15, Mat 15:18-20, Joh 13:2.
– We must love God with all our hearts; it is part of the first commandment: Mat 22:37, Mar 12:30-33.
– The Father and Christ know the heart of man: Mat 9:4, Mat 22:18, Luc 9:47, Luc 16:15, Jua 2:25, Jua 4:28, Jua 4:39.
– Heart of Jesus: It is our model and rest: Mat 11:29.
– Heart of Mary: Luke 1:38, Luke 1:48; Luke 2:19, Luke 2:35, Luke 2:51.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
In the language of the Scriptures, c. as the center of human nature, the seat of the emotions and the will. Sadly, God saw “that every imagination of the thoughts of the c.” of men “was only evil continually” (Gen 6:5; Gen 8:21). The main commandment says: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your c., and with all your soul, and with all your strength” (Deu 6:5). But the c. of man is deceitful “above all things, and desperately wicked” (Jer 17:9). From him come the things that contaminate man (Mat 15:18-20), for which we are warned to be very careful with him, above all things (Pro 4:23), taking care to keep in him the word of God not to sin against him (Ps 119:11). God works in c. of people through his Holy Spirit (Rom 5: 5) producing faith, repentance and love. Delivering the c. to God implies giving him our whole being (Pro 23:26).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, The heart is often mentioned in the Scriptures as the seat of the affections and passions, and also of wisdom and understanding. Hence it is read of “the wise in heart” (Prov. 16:21); also, the Lord gave Solomon “a wise and discerning heart” (1 Kings 3:12). It is the center of man’s being. But before the flood God’s passed verdict on man was that the thoughts of their hearts were toward evil (Gen. 6:5). A similar verdict is found in Gn. 8:21, after Noah left the ark. The Lord Jesus adds that evil thoughts and all forms of evil proceed from the heart of man (Mark 7:21). The law required man to love God with all his heart. The acceptance of the gospel must be in the heart (Rom. 10:9), and God gives the listener the ability to receive the good news with a “good and upright heart”, which bears fruit (Lk. 8:15) . In the new creation there is a “pure heart,” the Christian being led by the Holy Spirit (1 Tim. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:22; 1 Pet. 1:22).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Term that refers in the Bible in preference to a source of moral, intellectual and spiritual life and very rarely to physical life, as a viscera related to the movement of the blood. (Gen. 18.5 and Lev. 17.11)
The Gospel uses the Greek term kardia and appears used 162 times: 157 alluding to the human heart, two in reference to the heart of Jesus (Mt. 11.29 and Mk. 1. 41), two to the Heart of Mary (Lk. 2. 19 and 51) and one to the Heart of God (Acts 13.22 according to 1 Sam. 13. 14)
The allusion to the heart is frequently seen on the lips of Jesus, as referenced by the Evangelists. And it alludes to the heart being the source of bad or good intentions: Mc. 2.6; Lc. 3. 15; Lc. 21. 14; Jn. 16. 6
It is true that the concept of “heart” is not the current one. But it is indicative of the relationship with thought and love.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
In Sacred Scripture, “heart” means the interiority of man, where his thoughts, feelings, affections, motivations, attitudes take place… That is where his words and deeds come from (Mt 15,18). It is, then, like the center and seat of all the spiritual faculties (intellectual and affective). From a heart “converted” or open to God, springs adoration, trust, fidelity, generosity.
Only God knows the heart (1Sam 16,7; Ps 44,22). And it is God himself who scrutinizes, tests, purifies and renews it (Ps 7,10; 51,12; Ez 36,26), to write his law on it (Jer 31,33) and demand a love of totality (Deut. 4.29). The heart is healthy when it knows how to listen to the Word of God (Os 2,16; cf. Lk 2,19.51).
In the Christian tradition, a double tendency has been accentuated, one more intellective (reflexive theological) and the other more affective (mystical and intuitive-admiring theological). Both trends can be seen in the spiritual and theological writings of East and West. In the East the affective-mystical tendency prevails.
God wants to transform the heart of stone into “a new heart” (Ez 18,36; 36,26), so that everyone turns to him “with all their hearts” (Jl 2,12). In this heart unified by love, “dwells Christ through faith” (Eph 3,17) and the Holy Spirit communicated by the Father (Rom 5,5). Then the ecclesial community can become “one heart and one soul” (Acts 4,32; cf. Ez 11,19).
References Affectivity, conscience, contemplation, Heart of Jesus, Heart of Mary, man, person, silence.
Reading of documents CEC 27-30, 1430-1433, 2517-1519, 2562-2563.
Bibliography J. ESQUERDA BIFET, The path of the heart (Barcelona, Balmes, 1996); HW WOLF, Anthropology of the Old Testament (Salamanca, Follow me, 1975). See bibliography in Heart of Christ, Heart of Mary and other references.
(ESQUERDA BIFET, Juan, Dictionary of Evangelization, BAC, Madrid, 1998)
Source: Dictionary of Evangelization
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SUMMARY: . The heart in the biblical sense as the center of the human personality. – 2. The heart in its manifestations when acting. – 3. The ethical projection of the biblical conception of the human heart.
1. The heart in the biblical sense as the center of the human personality
According to the Semitic mentality, the heart is the central and most important organ of the body (1 Sam 25,37; 2Sam 18,14), in which not only physical life resides (Gen 18,5; Lk 21,34; He 14, 17; Sant 5,5), but also the spiritual, intellectual, affective and passionate life of the person. It is understood that sometimes “heart” (Hebr. ;…