What does ἐκεῖ · καρδία mean in the Bible?
ἐκεῖ · καρδία is a Greek phrase meaning "there also your heart will be".
Greek · G1563, G2588
ἐκεῖ καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν ἔσται
There; by extension, thither · heart
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ἐκεῖ G1563 there; by extension, thither
Pronunciation ekeî
Locative adverb denoting place; extends to direction when used with motion verbs, replacing ἐκεῖσε.
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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 ἐκεῖ καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν ἔσται (ekei kai hē kardia hymōn estai) mean in the Bible?
ἐκεῖ · καρδία is a Greek phrase meaning "there also your heart will be".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1563, G2588?
G1563, G2588 is connected to 95 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. there also your heart will be
Source Gloss
there also your heart will be
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 95
Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:22 · Matt 5:24 · Matt 6:21 · Matt 8:12 · Matt 12:45 · Matt 13:42 · Matt 13:50 · Matt 13:58 · Matt 14:23 · Matt 15:29 · Matt 17:20 · Matt 18:20 · Matt 19:2 · Matt 21:17 95×
Word Origins
ἐκεῖ καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν ἔσται is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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