What does καρδιογνώστης (kardiognṓstēs) mean in the Bible?
καρδιογνώστης (kardiognṓstēs): God's exclusive attribute of perceiving human thoughts and motives that remain hidden from all others.
Greek · G2589
καρδιογνώστης
A heart-knower
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καρδιογνώστηςG2589
Pronunciationkardiognṓstēs
What does καρδιογνώστης (kardiognṓstēs) mean in the Bible?
καρδιογνώστης (kardiognṓstēs): God's exclusive attribute of perceiving human thoughts and motives that remain hidden from all others.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2589?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include know everyone’s heart (1), knows the heart (1).
Where does καρδιογνώστης (kardiognṓstēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 1:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itknow everyone’s heart1×Acts 1:24
knows the heart1×Acts 15:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 1:24
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Acts2
Source forms
καρδιογνῶστα1xkardiognōstaActs 1:24
καρδιογνώστης1xkardiognōstēsActs 15:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 15:8
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular1xActs 1:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. God's exclusive attribute of perceiving human thoughts and motives that remain hidden from all others.
Strong'sG2589
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a heart-knower
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 1:24Noun Singular Masculine
καρδιογνῶσταkardiognwsta
a knower of the inner life
Read verseActs 15:8Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
καρδιογνώστηςkardiognwsthv
a knower of the inner life
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineActs 15:81×
Vocative · Singular · MasculineActs 1:241×
Word Origins
καρδιογνώστης is built from these roots: