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Exploring the Meaning of the Heart in the Bible as the Exclusive Source of Human Energy: A New Approach

Summary/Abstract: There is a dominant view among exegetes that the heart in the Bible is the seat of intelligence and will. However, it seems that the heart is initially focused on human senses, especially the ear and the eye. This scientific paper offers a new approach to understanding the biblical word לֵב lēb ( לבֵָב lēbāb) “heart”. With a new etymological concept, the word may refer directly to the senses of hearing, sight, and speech, which would indirectly point to an extremely narrow connection between the heart and the head. The heart necessarily depends on the receptors in the head. Their interdependence is not only unquestionable; it is the key to human psycho-religious dynamics. The heart transforms audible and visual information into logical and religious concepts. These concepts of the heart can be twofold: positive and negative. Positive concepts of the heart are thoughts, emotions, and conclusions in the relationship with the Lord. There can be no other way in a comprehensive Biblical correspondence that the heart is positive, active, and good unless it is affectionate, devoted, and subject to the rules of God. God’s word, first and foremost, through the faculty of hearing, flows into the human heart. Only such a heart can bring about sound judgment, can discern the difference between good and evil, and govern the whole man. Therefore, in the light of contemporary vocabulary, the biblical heart signifies human judgment, or judgment that logically establishes the relationship between received information from the human audiovisual process. In the human heart, cognitive information is converted into judgments and conclusions. In the Old Testament, good judgments and conclusions are coherent with God’s commandments, while in the New Testament they depend on the Gospel.

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