What does καθαρός · καρδία mean in the Bible?
καθαρός · καρδία is a Greek phrase meaning "pure in heart, inwardly clean".
Greek · G2513, G2588
καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ
Clean (literally or figuratively) · heart
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καθαρός G2513 clean (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation katharós
Purity spanning physical cleanliness through ceremonial requirements to moral/spiritual integrity of heart and conscience.
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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 καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ (katharoi tē kardia) mean in the Bible?
καθαρός · καρδία is a Greek phrase meaning "pure in heart, inwardly clean".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2513, G2588?
G2513, G2588 is connected to 26 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. pure in heart, inwardly clean
Source Gloss
pure in heart, inwardly clean
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 26 Case pattern Nominative (15) Number pattern Singular (15)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:8 · John 13:10 · John 13:11 · John 15:3 4×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:26 · Titus 1:15 · Rev 21:18 · Rev 21:21 4×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Luke 11:41 · Rom 14:20 · Titus 1:15 3×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine John 13:10 · Acts 18:6 · Acts 20:26 3×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 1:27 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Tim 1:5 · 2 Tim 2:22 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:59 · 1 Tim 3:9 · 2 Tim 1:3 3×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Titus 1:15 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Heb 10:22 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rev 21:18 1×
Word Origins
καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ 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