What does καρδία · καλός · ἀγαθός mean in the Bible?
καρδία · καλός · ἀγαθός is a Greek phrase meaning "noble and good heart".
Greek · G2588, G2570, G18
καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ
Heart · good · "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
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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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καλός G2570 good
Pronunciation kalós
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ἀγαθός G18 "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Pronunciation agathós
Good as inner moral excellence and actual benefit to others, contrasting with merely outward appearance.
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What does καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ (kardia kalē kai agathē) mean in the Bible?
καρδία · καλός · ἀγαθός is a Greek phrase meaning "noble and good heart".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2588, G2570, G18?
G2588, G2570, G18 is connected to 156 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. noble and good heart
Source Gloss
noble and good heart
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 8 Aligned forms 156 Case pattern Dative (56) Number pattern Singular (104)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:21 · Matt 13:15 · Matt 15:8 · Mark 6:52 · Mark 7:6 · Luke 12:34 · Luke 24:32 · John 14:1 · John 14:27 · John 16:22 · Acts 2:26 · Acts 4:32 · Acts 8:21 · Acts 28:27 · Rom 1:21 · 2 Cor 6:11 19×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Luke 21:34 · Col 2:2 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:34 · Matt 15:18 · Matt 15:19 · Mark 3:5 · Mark 7:21 · Mark 12:30 · Mark 12:33 · Luke 1:51 · Luke 6:45 · Luke 8:12 · Luke 9:47 · Luke 10:27 · Acts 2:46 · Acts 8:22 · Acts 11:23 · Rom 2:29 32×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 18:35 · Luke 2:35 · Rom 1:24 · 1 Cor 4:5 4×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:8 · Matt 5:28 · Matt 11:29 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 13:15 · Matt 13:19 · Matt 22:37 · Matt 24:48 · Mark 11:23 · Luke 1:66 · Luke 2:19 · Luke 2:51 · Luke 8:15 · Luke 12:45 · Luke 24:25 · Luke 24:38 35×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 9:4 · Mark 2:6 · Mark 2:8 · Luke 3:15 · Luke 5:22 · Luke 21:14 · Acts 7:39 · Acts 7:51 · Acts 7:54 · Rom 2:15 · Rom 5:5 · 2 Cor 1:22 · 2 Cor 3:2 · 2 Cor 3:3 · 2 Cor 4:6 · 2 Cor 7:3 21×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 1:17 · Luke 16:15 · Acts 14:17 · Acts 15:9 · Rom 8:27 · Rom 16:18 · Gal 4:6 · Eph 6:22 · Phil 4:7 · Col 4:8 · 1 Thess 2:4 · 1 Thess 3:13 · 2 Thess 2:17 · 2 Thess 3:5 · Heb 3:8 · Heb 3:15 25×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Mark 7:19 · Mark 8:17 · John 12:40 · John 13:2 · John 16:6 · Acts 2:37 · Acts 5:3 · Acts 7:23 · Acts 13:22 · Acts 16:14 · Acts 21:13 · Rom 2:5 · 1 Cor 2:9 · 2 Cor 3:15 · Heb 13:9 · Jas 1:26 18×
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