HEART

Heart. Heart
According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life. “Heart” and “soul” are often used interchangeably (Deut. 6:5; 26:16; comp. Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33), but this is not generally the case.

The heart is the “home of the personal life,” and hence a man is designated, according to his heart, wise (1 Kings 3:12, etc.), pure (Ps. 24:4; Matt. 5:8, etc.), upright and righteous (Gen. 20:5, 6; Ps. 11:2; 78:72), pious and good (Luke 8:15), etc. In these and such passages the word “soul” could not be substituted for “heart.”

The heart is also the seat of the conscience (Rom. 2:15). It is naturally wicked (Gen. 8:21), and hence it contaminates the whole life and character (Matt. 12:34; 15:18; comp. Eccl. 8:11; Ps. 73:7). Hence the heart must be changed, regenerated (Ezek. 36:26; 11:19; Ps. 51:10-14), before a man can willingly obey God.

The process of salvation begins in the heart by the believing reception of the testimony of God, while the rejection of that testimony hardens the heart (Ps. 95:8; Prov. 28:14; 2 Chr. 36:13). “Hardness of heart evidences itself by light views of sin; partial acknowledgment and confession of it; pride and conceit; ingratitude; unconcern about the word and ordinances of God; inattention to divine providences; stifling convictions of conscience; shunning reproof; presumption, and general ignorance of divine things.”

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HEART. → (Seat of the affections) → RENEWED De 30:6; Ps 51:10; Eze 11:19; 18:31; 36:26; Ro 2:29; Eph 4:23; Col 3:10
* Regenerated Joh 3:3,7
* Graciously affected of God 1Sa 10:26; 1Ch 29:18; Ezr 6:22; 7:27; Pr 16:1; 21:1; Jer 20:9; Ac 16:14
* Strengthened Ps 27:14; 112:8; 1Th 3:13
* Enlightened 2Co 4:6
* Tested 1Ch 29:17; Ps 7:9; 26:2; Pr 17:3; Jer 11:20; 12:3; 20:12; 1Th 2:4; Heb 11:17; Re 2:2,10
* It should render to God obedience De 10:12; 11:13; 26:16; 1Ki 2:4; Ps 119:112; Eph 6:6
* Faith Ps 27:3; 112:7; Ac 8:37; Ro 6:17; 10:10
* Trust Pr 3:5
* Love Mt 22:37
* Fear Ps 119:161; Jer 32:40
* Fidelity Ne 9:8
* Zeal 2Ch 17:16; Jer 20:9
* It should seek God 2Ch 19:3; 30:19; Ezr 7:10; Ps 10:17; 84:2
* Be joyful 1Sa 2:1; Ps 4:7; 97:11; Isa 65:14; Zec 10:7
* Upright Ps 97:11; 125:4
* Clean Ps 51:10; 73:1
* Pure Ps 24:4; Pr 22:11; Mt 5:8; 1Ti 1:5; 2Ti 2:22; Jas 4:8; 1Pe 1:22
* Sincere Lu 8:15; Ac 2:46; Eph 6:5; Col 3:22; Heb 10:22
* Repentant De 30:2; Ps 34:18; 51:17
* Devout 1Sa 1:13; Ps 4:4; 9:1; 27:8; 77:6; 119:10,69,145
* Wise 1Ki 3:9,12; 4:29; Job 9:4; Pr 8:10; 10:8; 11:29; 14:33; 23:15
* Tender 1Sa 24:5; 2Ki 22:19; Job 23:16; Ps 22:14; Eph 4:32
* Holy Ps 66:18; 1Pe 3:15
* Compassionate Jer 4:19; La 3:51
* Lowly Mt 11:29

→ THE UNREGENERATE
* Is full of iniquity Ge 6:5; 8:21; 1Sa 17:28; Pr 6:14,18; 11:20; Ec 8:11; 9:3; Jer 4:14,18; 17:9; Ro 1:21
* Loves evil De 29:18; Ps 95:10; Jer 17:5
* Is a fountain of evil Mt 12:34
* See DEPRAVITY
* Is wayward 2Ch 12:14; Ps 101:4; Pr 6:14; 11:20; 12:8; 17:20; Jer 5:23; Heb 3:10
* Blind Ro 1:21; Eph 4:18
* See BLINDNESS, SPIRITUAL
* Is double (duplicity) 1Ch 12:33; Ps 12:2; Ho 10:2; Jas 1:6,8; Pr 28:14; Isa 9:9; 10:12; 46:12
* See INSTABILITY
* Is hard Ps 76:5; Eze 2:4; 3:7; 11:19; 36:26; Mr 6:52; 10:5; 16:14; Joh 12:40; Ro 1:21; 2:5
* See IMPENITENCE
* See OBDURACY
* Is deceitful Jer 17:9
* Is proud 2Ki 14:10; 2Ch 25:19; Ps 101:5; Pr 18:12; 28:25; Jer 48:29; 49:16
* See PRIDE
* Is subtle Pr 7:10
* See HYPOCRISY
* Is sensual Eze 6:9; Ho 13:6; Ro 8:7
* See LASCIVIOUSNESS
* Is worldly 2Ch 26:16; Da 5:20; Ac 8:21,22
* Is judicially hardened Ex 4:21; Jos 11:20; Isa 6:10; Ac 28:26,27
* Is malicious Ps 28:3; 140:2; Pr 24:2; Ec 7:26; Eze 25:15
* See MALICE
* Is impenitent Ro 2:5
* See IMPENITENCE
* Is diabolical Joh 13:2; Ac 5:3
* Is covetous Jer 22:17; 2Pe 2:14
* See COVETOUSNESS
* Is foolish Pr 12:23; 22:15; Ec 9:3

→ UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES DESCRIPTIVE OF THE SEAT OF THE AFFECTIONS De 5:29; 6:5,6; 1Sa 16:7; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 12:14; Ps 22:26; 34:18; 51:10,17; 57:7; 112:7; Pr 4:23; 14:30; 15:13-15; 16:1; 20:9; Jer 17:1,9,10; Mt 5:8; 9:4; 12:33; 15:18-20; 23:26; Mr 7:21; Ac 8:22; Ro 2:5,14-16; Heb 3:8,15 → INSTANCES OF HARDENED HEARTS
* Pharoah Ex 4:21; 7:3,13,22; 8:15,32; 9:12
* Sihon De 2:30
* King of Canaan Jos 11:20
* Others 1Sa 6:6

→ KNOWN TO GOD De 31:21; 1Sa 16:7; 2Sa 7:20; 1Ki 8:39; 1Ch 28:9; Job 11:11; 16:19; 31:4; Ps 1:6; 44:21; 51:10; 94:11; 139:1-12; Pr 5:21; 16:2; 21:2; Isa 66:18; Jer 12:3; 17:10; Eze 11:5,19-21; 36:25,26; Lu 16:15; Ac 1:24; 15:8; Ro 8:27; 1Co 3:20; Heb 4:12; Re 2:23 → CHANGE OF
* INSTANCES OF
* Saul 1Sa 10:9
* Solomon 1Ki 3:11,12
* Saul of Tarsus Ac 9:1-18
* See REGENERATION
* See SANCTIFICATION

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heart. Heart, n. the organ which propels the blood, chief or inner parts, feat of love, affection

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Heart (härt), n. [[OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. haírtō, Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. καρδία, κη̑ρ √227. Cf. Accord, Discord, Cordial, 4th Core, Courage.]] 1. 1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak. ☞ In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being completely separated from the left auricle and ventricle; and the blood flows from the systemic veins to the right auricle, thence to the right ventricle, from which it is forced to the lungs, then returned to the left auricle, thence passes to the left ventricle, from which it is driven into the systemic arteries. See Illust. under Aorta. In fishes there are but one auricle and one ventricle, the blood being pumped from the ventricle through the gills to the system, and thence returned to the auricle. In most amphibians and reptiles, the separation of the auricles is partial or complete, and in reptiles the ventricles also are separated more or less completely. The so-called lymph hearts, found in many amphibians, reptiles, and birds, are contractile sacs, which pump the lymph into the veins. 2. 2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; — usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. Emerson. 3. 3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc.
Exploits done in the heart of France. Shak. Peace subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation. Wordsworth. 4. 4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
Eve, recovering heart, replied. Milton. The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly from one country invade another. Sir W. Temple. 5. 5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
That the spent earth may gather heart again. Dryden. 6. 6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, — used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
7. 7. One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
8. 8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
And then show you the heart of my message. Shak. 9. 9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. “I speak to thee, my heart.” Shak.
☞ Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need no special explanation; as, heart-appalling, heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled, heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened, heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching, heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-sore, heart-stirring, heart-touching, heart-wearing, heart-whole, heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc. After one's own heart, conforming with one's inmost approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart. The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart. 1 Sam. xiii. 14. — At heart, in the inmost character or disposition; at bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man. — By heart, in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to know or learn by heart. “Composing songs, for fools to get by heart” (that is, to commit to memory, or to learn thoroughly). Pope. — For my heart, for my life; if my life were at stake. “I could not get him for my heart to do it.” Shak. — Heart bond (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid header fashion. Knight. — Heart and hand, with enthusiastic coöperation. — Heart hardness, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling; moral insensibility. Shak. — Heart heaviness, depression of spirits. Shak. — Heart point (Her.), the fess point. See Escutcheon. — Heart rising, a rising of the heart, as in opposition. — Heart shell (Zoöl.), any marine, bivalve shell of the genus Cardium and allied genera, having a heart-shaped shell; esp., the European Isocardia cor; — called also heart cockle. — Heart sickness, extreme depression of spirits. — Heart and soul, with the utmost earnestness. — Heart urchin (Zoöl.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea urchin. See Spatangoid. — Heart wheel, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See Cam. — In good heart, in good courage; in good hope. — Out of heart, discouraged. — Poor heart, an exclamation of pity. — To break the heart of. (a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be utterly cast down by sorrow. (b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly; — said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the heart of the task. — To find in the heart, to be willing or disposed. “I could find in my heart to ask your pardon.” Sir P. Sidney. — To have at heart, to desire (anything) earnestly. — To have in the heart, to purpose; to design or intend to do. — To have the heart in the mouth, to be much frightened. — To lose heart, to become discouraged. — To lose one's heart, to fall in love. — To set the heart at rest, to put one's self at ease. — To set the heart upon, to fix the desires on; to long for earnestly; to be very fond of. — To take heart of grace, to take courage. — To take to heart, to grieve over. — To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve, to expose one's feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive. — With all one's heart, With one's whole heart, very earnestly; fully; completely; devotedly.