What does βουλή · καρδία mean in the Bible?
βουλή · καρδία is a Greek phrase meaning "intentions or purposes within the heart".
Greek · G1012, G2588
βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν
Plan · heart
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βουλή G1012 plan
Pronunciation boulḗ
Deliberate counsel or purpose, often divine; implies reasoned determination rather than mere will.
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καρδία G2588 heart
Pronunciation kardía
Seat of the whole inner person—thought, emotion, will, and moral condition, not mere feeling
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What does βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν (boulas tōn kardiōn) mean in the Bible?
βουλή · καρδία is a Greek phrase meaning "intentions or purposes within the heart".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1012, G2588?
G1012, G2588 is connected to 12 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. intentions or purposes within the heart
Source Gloss
intentions or purposes within the heart
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (11)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 4:28 · Acts 5:38 · Acts 27:42 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 6:17 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 23:51 · Acts 2:23 · Acts 13:36 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 7:30 · Acts 20:27 · Acts 27:12 · Eph 1:11 4×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 1 Cor 4:5 1×
Word Origins
βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain