Ephesians 4:18
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:”
ζωή
Life, living, existence. Zoe. I am the way the truth and the life. Zoe is divine life, not biological existence. It is the life of God shared with human beings through Christ.
καρδία
heart
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καρδία
Heart, inner self, the seat of life. Kardia. Create in me a pure heart O God. The heart is the control centre of life. What God changes in the heart changes everything else.
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θεός
of God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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διάνοια
understanding
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διάνοια
deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise
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διά
because of
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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σκοτόω
darkened
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σκοτόω
to obscure or blind (literally or figuratively)
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εἰμί
being
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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πώρωσις
hardness
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πώρωσις
stupidity or callousness
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