Matthew 13:15:4Matt.13.15.W4TAB
καρδία
kardia
“heart”
- Transliteration
- kar-DI-a
- Extended
- kahr-DEE-ah
- IPA
- /karˈdi.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- heart
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
kar-DI-a
- sentence
e-pa-KHYUN-thê gar hê kar-DI-a tou la-OU TOU-tou kai tois ô-SIN ba-RE-ôs Ê-kou-san kai tous opʰ-thal-MOUS au-TÔN e-KAM-my-san MÊ-po-te I-DÔ-sin tois opʰ-thal-MOIS kai tois ô-SIN a-KOU-sô-sin kai tê kar-DI-a sy-NÔ-sin kai e-pi-STRE-psô-sin kai i-A-so-mai au-TOUS
Exegesis
The aorist passive indicative epachynthe {ἐπαχύνθη | epachýnthē} ‘has become dull’ describes hē kardía tou laoû toútou {ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου | hē kardía tou laoû toútou} ‘the heart of this people’, signifying spiritual insensitivity.
The conjunction mḗpote {μήποτε | mḗpote} ‘lest’ introduces a negative purpose clause containing the subjunctives idōsin {ἴδωσιν | ídōsin} ‘they might see’, akoúsōsin {ἀκούσωσιν | akoúsōsin} ‘they might hear’, synōsin {συνῶσιν | synôsin} ‘they might understand’, and epistrépsōsin {ἐπιστρέψωσιν | epistrépsōsin} ‘they might turn’, each framed by toîs ophthalmmoîs, toîs ōsín, tē kardía {τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, τοῖς ὠσὶν, τῇ καρδίᾳ | toîs ophthalmmoîs, toîs ōsín, tē kardία} ‘with the eyes, with the ears, with the heart’, forming a rhetorical triad.
Root and etymology
kard-kappa–alpha–rho–delta
“heart, inner person”
In context — Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear heavily, and they have closed their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 13:15, so the Greek word καρδία (kardia) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.13.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.15.W4.S1) and character.